Self-reported mental health and cortisol activity at 27-28 years of age in individuals born with very low birthweight.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess mental health outcomes of very low birthweight (VLBW, <1500 g) subjects to adulthood and to examine salivary cortisol and hair cortisol levels and their relation to birth characteristics and mental health.

Methods

A Swedish regional cohort of 56 VLBW subjects and 55 full-term controls were assessed at the ages 27-28 with adult self-reported scales and the mean of 2 days diurnal salivary cortisol and hair cortisol. The cohorts had been assessed at 15 years of age with youth self-reported scales.

Results

There were no differences between the groups in youth self-reported scales and adult self-reported scores. The 24 participating VLBW girls scored lower on youth self-reported scales externalising and total problem scores than the control girls. In adulthoo

SUBMITTER: Leijon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7217145 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature