作者
Catherine Laverty, Andrew Surtees, Rory O’Sullivan, Daniel Sutherland, Christopher Jones, Caroline Richards
发表日期
2021/12
来源
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
卷号
13
页码范围
1-12
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Introduction
Preterm birth (<37 weeks) adversely affects development in behavioural, cognitive and mental health domains. Heightened rates of autism are identified in preterm populations, indicating that prematurity may confer an increased likelihood of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. The present meta-analysis aims to synthesise existing literature and calculate pooled prevalence estimates for rates of autism characteristics in preterm populations.
Methods
Search terms were generated from inspection of relevant high-impact papers and a recent meta-analysis. Five databases were searched from database creation until December 2020 with PRISMA guidelines followed throughout.
Results
10,900 papers were retrieved, with 52 papers included in the final analyses, further classified by assessment method …
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