Excessive crying at 3â
months of age and behavioural problems at 4â
years age: a prospective cohort study.
J Epidemiol Community Health
; 69(7): 654-9, 2015 Jul.
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BACKGROUND: Excessive crying in early infancy has been associated with behavioural problems among preschool children from high income countries but studies in low income and middle income countries are scarce. METHODS: The 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort is a population-based study planned to enrol all live births occurring in Pelotas that year and comprises 4231 children who so far have been followed up at 3, 12, 24, 48 and 72â
months of age. Several familial, maternal and child characteristics were gathered in every follow-up. At the 3-month follow-up, infants whose mothers perceived them as crying more than others of the same age were classified as 'crying babies'. Child behavioural problems were assessed through the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) applied to the mother at the 48-month follow-up. Crude and adjusted ORs with 95% CIs were calculated by logistic regression. RESULTS: Prevalence of excessive crying at 3â
months was 11.9% (10.9% to 13.0%). Among children with excessive crying at 3â
months the proportion in the clinical range for CBCL total, internalising and externalising problems at 4â
years of age was 31.2%, 12.9% and 37.5%, respectively, against 20.6%, 6.8% and 29.6%, respectively, among non-crying babies. After controlling for confounders crying babies presented increased risk of being in clinical range of CBCL total (OR=1.34; 1.03 to 1.74), internalising (OR=1.55; 1.09 to 2.21) and externalising problems (OR=1.29; 1.01 to 1.64) than infants without excessive crying. CONCLUSIONS: Excessive crying in early infancy may represent one important risk factor for developing behavioural problems in later phases of early childhood.
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Assunto principal:
Resultado da Gravidez
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil
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Choro
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Epidemiol Community Health
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido