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Reproductive risks in 35-year-old adults born very preterm and/or with very low birth weight: an observational study

van der Pal, S.M. (author), van der Meulen, S.A. (author), Welters, S.M. (author), Bakker, L.A. (author), de Groot, C.J.M. (author), van Kaam, A.H. (author), Verrips, G.H.W. (author)

Evidence suggests that increased survival over the last decades of very preterm (VPT; gestational age < 32 weeks)– and very low birth weight (VLBW; birth weight < 1500 g)–born infants is not matched by improved outcomes. The objective of our study was to evaluate the reproductive rate, fertility, and pregnancy complications in 35-year-old VPT...

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Quality of life of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight: A systematic review

van der Pal, S.M. (author), Steinhoff, M. (author), Grevinga, M. (author), Wolke, D. (author), Verrips, G.H.W. (author)

This systematic review was performed in the context of EU‐project RECAP (www.recap-preterm.eu) and thus with funding from the European Commission; Horizon 2020; Grant Number: 733280. Aim. To establish differences in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults born term and those born very preterm (VPT) and/or with a very low birth weight ...

article 2020

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Issues in quality of life of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight compared to adults born full-term: A systematic review :abstract

van der Pal, S.M. (author), Steinhof, M. (author), Grevinga, M. (author), Wolke, D. (author), Verrips, E. (author)

Background: Several longitudinal cohort studies that follow participants who were born very preterm (VPT) or with a very low birth weight (VLBW) have now gathered outcome data at adult age. The current systematic review aimed to explore whether Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of adults born VPT or VLBW differs from HRQoL of adults born...

article 2019

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Profiling the preterm or VLBW born adolescent; implications of the Dutch POPS cohort follow-up studies

van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), van der Pal, S.M. (author), Verloove-Vanhoricka, S.P. (author), Walther, F.J. (author)

In 1983, data of a unique nationwide cohort of 1338 very preterm (< 32 weeks of gestation) or VLBW (birth weight < 1500 g) infants in the Netherlands was collected and followed at several ages until they reached the age of 19 years. At 19 years of age a more extensive follow-up study was done, including questionnaires, tests on a computer and a...

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Reproductive outcomes of women and men born very preterm and/or with a very low birth weight in 1983: A longitudinal cohort study in the Netherlands

van Gendt, A.W. (author), van der Pal, S.M. (author), Hermes, W. (author), Walther, F.J. (author), van der Pal-de Bruin, K.M. (author), de Groot, C.J.M. (author)

The aims of this study were to analyze reproductive outcomes of women and men born very preterm (gestational age <32 weeks) or with a very low birth weight (<1500 g) in 1983 in the Netherlands and to compare their reproductive outcomes with the total population at a similar age of 28 years. Young adults who were born after a pregnancy...

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Hearing loss by week of gestation and birth weight in very preterm neonates

van Dommelen, P. (author), Verkerk, P.H. (author), van Straaten, H.L. (author)

Objective To gain insight into health and related costs associated with very preterm births, one needs accurate information about the prevalence of the disabling conditions, including neonatal hearing loss (NHL). Study design We assessed the prevalence of NHL by week of gestation and categories of birth weight in very preterm neonates. Results...

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Intelligence of very preterm or very low birthweight infants in young adulthood

Weisglas-Kuperus, N. (author), Hille, E.T.M. (author), Duivenvoorden, H.J. (author), Finken, M.J.J. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), van Goudoever, J.B. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Objective: To examine the effect of intrauterine and neonatal growth, prematurity and personal and environmental risk factors on intelligence in adulthood in survivors of the early neonatal intensive care era. Methods: A large geographically based cohort comprised 94% of all babies born alive in the Netherlands in 1983 with a gestational age...

article 2009

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Social Lifestyle, Risk-taking Behavior, and Psychopathology in Young Adults Born Very Preterm or with a Very Low Birthweight

Hille, E.T.M. (author), Dorrepaal, C. (author), Perenboom, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Objective: To assess social lifestyle, risk-taking behavior, and psychopathology in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birthweight. Study design: This study was part of the 19-year follow-up in a large ongoing collaborative study in the Netherlands (the POPS study) on the long-term outcome of prematurity and dysmaturity. 656...

article 2008

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Do pediatricians recognize cognitive developmental problems in preterm children at age 5 years?

Sondaar, M. (author), van Kessel, B.J.M. (author), de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), Briët, J.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), van Baar, A. (author)

Often developmental psychologists see children only after referral from physicians. Do pediatricians recognize which children in a known risk group are in need of a cognitive evaluation? A judgment by pediatricians, based on an assessment using a parent questionnaire, the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and the overall impression...

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Functional outcomes and participation in young adulthood for very preterm and very low birth weight infants: The Dutch project on preterm and small for gestational age infants at 19 years of age

Hille, E.T.M. (author), Weisglas-Kuperus, N. (author), van Goudoever, J.B. (author), Jacobusse, G.W. (author), Ens-Dokkum, M.H. (author), de Groot, L. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), Geven, W.B. (author), Kok, J.H. (author), de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), Mulder, A.L.M. (author), van Straaten, H.L.M. (author), de Vries, L.S. (author), van Weissenbruch, M.M. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

OBJECTIVE. Young adults who were born very preterm or with a very low birth weight remain at risk for physical and neurodevelopmental problems and lower academic achievement scores. Data, however, are scarce, hospital based, mostly done in small populations, and need additional confirmation. METHODS. Infants who were born at <32 weeks of...

article 2007

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Prevalence and independent risk factors for hearing loss in NICU infants

Hille, E.T.M. (author), van Straaten, H.L.M. (author), Verkerk, P.H. (author), van Straaten, I. (author), Verkerk, P. (author), Hille, E. (author), Baerts, W. (author), Bunkers, C. (author), Smink, E. (author), van Elburg, R. (author), de Kleine, M. (author), Kok, J.H. (author), Ilsen, A. (author), Visser, D. (author), Steiner, K. (author), de Vries, L.S. (author), Weisglas-Kuperus, N. (author), Sprij, A. (author), Lopriori, E. (author), Brokx, J. (author), Gavilanes, D. (author), Geven, W. (author), Bos, A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Aim: To determine the prevalence and independent relationship between hearing loss and risk factors in a representative neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) population. Methods: Automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) hearing screening has been introduced since 1998 in the Dutch NICUs. After a second AABR failure, diagnostic ABR was used to...

article 2007

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Is paediatric assessment of motor development of very preterm and low-birthweight children appropriate?

de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), van der Nijhuis-Sanden, M.W.G. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Aim: To determine whether paediatricians that examine, in regular clinical practice, very preterm and very-low-birthweight children at 5 y of age detect neurological impairments and functional motor problems in these children. Methods: We compared a paediatric judgement, a standardized neurological examination (Touwen examination) and a...

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Behavioural and emotional problems in very preterm and very low birthweight infants at age 5 years

Reijneveld, S.A. (author), de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), van Baar, A.L. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), Verhaak, C.M. (author), Verhulst, F.C. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Background: Children born very preterm (VP; <32 weeks' gestation) or with very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 g; hereafter called VP/VLBW) are at risk for behavioural and emotional problems during school age and adolescence. At school entrance these problems may hamper academic functioning, but evidence on their occurrence at this age in VP/VLBW...

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Anthropometry of Malawian live births between 35 and 41 weeks of gestation

Kalanda, B.F. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Verhoeff, F.H. (author), Brabin, B.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

The aim of this analysis was to construct cross-sectional gestational age specific percentile curves for birthweight, length, head and mid-arm circumference for Malawian babies, and to compare these percentiles with reference values for babies born to women with normal pregnancies, from a developed country. A cross-sectional study which enrolled...

article 2005

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Is attrition bias a problem in neonatal follow-up?

Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Stuifbergen, M.C. (author), Verrips, G.H.W. (author), Vogels, A.G.C. (author), Brand, R. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)

Aim: To assess whether attrition rate influences outcome in the follow-up of very preterm infants. Study design: In a national follow-up study of infants born alive in 1983 in the Netherlands with a gestational age less than 32 weeks and/or a birth weight less than 1500 g, outcome was assessed separately for adolescents who responded early or...

article 2005

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Catch-up growth up to ten years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight

TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Knops, N.B.B. (author), Sneeuw, K.C.A. (author), Brand, R. (author), Hille, E.T.M. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author)

Background: Improved survival due to advances in neonatal care has brought issues such as postnatal growth and development more to the focus of our attention. Most studies report stunting in children born very preterm and/or small for gestational age. In this article we study the growth pattern of these children and aim to identify factors...

article 2005

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Changes in perinatal care and survival in very preterm and extremely preterm infants in the Netherlands between 1983 and 1995

Anthony, S. (author), Ouden, L.D. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, P. (author), Gravenhorst, J.B. (author)

Objective: To evaluate changes in obstetrical and neonatal care for very preterm and extremely preterm infants between 1983 and 1995 in The Netherlands and to evaluate the effect of those changes. Study design: Data on all very preterm or VLBW infants from the linked national obstetrical and neonatal databases of 1995 (N=2066) were compared to...

article 2004

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Development and evaluation of a follow up assessment of preterm infants at 5 years of age

de Kleine, M.J.K. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Kollée, L.A.A. (author), van der Nijhuis - Sanden, M.W.G. (author), Sondaar, M. (author), Kessel van - Feddema, B.J.M. (author), Knuijt, S. (author), van Baar, A.L. (author), Ilsen, A. (author), Breur-Pieterse, R. (author), Briët, J.M. (author), Brand, R. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author)

Background: Long term follow up shows a high frequency of developmental disturbances in preterm survivors of neonatal intensive care formerly considered non-disabled. Aims: To develop and validate an assessment tool that can help paediatricians to identify before 6 years of age which survivors have developmental disturbances that may interfere...

article 2003

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School-age outcomes in children who were extremely low birth weight from four international population-based cohorts

Saigal, S. (author), den Ouden, L. (author), Wolke, D. (author), Hoult, L. (author), Paneth, N. (author), Streiner, D.L. (author), Whitaker, A. (author), Pinto-Martin, J. (author)

Objective. The aim of this study was to determine whether leaming and school problems in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) and reference children differ between cohorts in different countries. Methods. Participants were 4 international population-based cohorts of ELBW survivors who were 500 to 1000 g birth weight from New Jersey, central-west...

article 2003

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Measuring health status using the Health Utilities Index: Agreement between raters and between modalities of administration

Verrips, G.H.W. (author), Stuifbergen, M.C. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Bonsel, G.J. (author), Gemke, R.J.B.J. (author), Paneth, N. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author)

The aim of this study was to evaluate interrater and intermodality agreement in assessing health status using the Health Utilities Index. A random sample from a Dutch cohort of 14-year-old Very Low Birth Weight children and their parents were invited to participate in a face-to-face (n = 150) or telephone (n = 150) interview. All 300...

article 2001