The long‐term cost of childhood conduct problems: Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study

The British Birth Cohort Study (BCS70) is a cohort study which follows all the people born in England, Scotland and Wales in the week of 5–11 April 1970. The data described here were from the postal questionnaires returned by 2181 young women aged between 16 and 16½ in 1986. Thirty-nine per cent of the respondents had never smoked, 39% had smoked at some time and 22% were regular smokers. Most of the respondents indicated that they had one or more of the following symptoms associated with menstruation: pain, depression, irritability, headaches, cramps. Analysis of the data showed that regular smokers were significantly more likely than those who had never smoked to have all these symptoms. Whilst the percentage of ‘sometime smokers’ experiencing pain, depression and headaches fell between smokers and ‘never-smokers’, the percentage experiencing unpleasant symptoms in general, irritability and cramps was the same as for regular smokers. If causality could be demonstrated, messages about immediate health problems such as these might be more powerful health education to young women than information about long-term risks.

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Psychiatric disorders diagnosed in adolescence and subsequent long-term exclusion from education, employment or training: longitudinal national birth cohort study

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.2021.146 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Ida Ringbom ◽

Jaana Suvisaari ◽

Antti Kääriälä ◽

Andre Sourander ◽

Mika Gissler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

Important Indicator

Background Long-term ‘not in education, employment or training’ (NEET) status is an important indicator of youth marginalisation. Aims To carry out a comprehensive overview of the associations between different psychiatric illnesses and long-term NEET status. Method We used the register-based 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort study, which includes all live births in Finland during that year. The analyses comprised 55 273 individuals after exclusions for intellectual disability, death or emigration. We predicted that psychiatric disorders, diagnosed by specialist services between 1998 and 2007 when the cohort were 10–20 years of age, would be associated with subsequent long-term NEET (defined as NEET for at least 5 years between 2008 and 2015, when they were 20–28 years of age). Results In total, 1438 individuals (2.6%) were long-term NEET during follow-up and the associations between long-term NEET and the 11 diagnostic categories we studied were statistically significant (P < 0.001). In multivariate models we included sociodemographic characteristics and upper secondary education as covariates, and the highest effect sizes, measured by odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), were found for psychosis (OR = 12.0, 95% CI 9.5–15.2) and autism spectrum disorder (OR = 17.3, 95% CI 11.5–26.0). If individuals had not successfully completed this education, 70.6% of those with autism spectrum disorder and 48.4% of those with psychosis were later long-term NEET. Conclusions Adolescents who receive treatment for psychiatric disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorder or psychosis, need support to access education and employment. This could help to prevent marginalisation in early adulthood.

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Determinants of long-term unemployment in early adulthood: A Finnish birth cohort study

SSM - Population Health ◽

10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100410 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 100410

Author(s):

Tea Lallukka ◽

Martta Kerkelä ◽

Tiina Ristikari ◽

Marko Merikukka ◽

Heikki Hiilamo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

Birth Cohort Study

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Predictors of Early Introduction of Core and Discretionary Foods in Australian Infants—Results from HSHK Birth Cohort Study

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu12010258 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 258 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Narendar Manohar ◽

Andrew Hayen ◽

Sameer Bhole ◽

Amit Arora

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Economic Status ◽

Population Based ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Early Introduction ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Part Time ◽

Early Ninety

Early introduction of complementary foods can have a detrimental impact on children’s long-term health. This study examined the timing and determinants of early introduction of core and discretionary foods among infants in Sydney, Australia. Mothers (n = 1035) from an ongoing population-based birth cohort study were interviewed at 8, 17, 34 and 52 weeks postpartum. The outcome was ‘age at which particular core and discretionary food items were first introduced’. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to investigate family and infant-related determinants of early introduction of core (<17 weeks of age) and discretionary foods (<52 weeks of age). Of the 934 mother-infant dyads interviewed, 12% (n = 113) of infants were introduced core foods before 17 weeks of age (median: 22). Mothers working part-time (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 3.42, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.54–7.62) and those exclusively formula-feeding their babies at four-weeks postpartum (adjusted OR 3.26, 95% CI: 1.99–5.33) were most likely to introduce core foods early. Ninety-five percent (n = 858) of infants were introduced discretionary foods before 52 weeks of age (median: 28). Low socio-economic status was significantly associated with early introduction of discretionary foods (adjusted OR: 3.72, 95% CI: 1.17–11.78). Compliance with infant feeding guidelines related to core foods was better; however, discretionary foods were introduced early in most infants.

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From Childhood Conduct Problems to Poor Functioning at Age 18 Years: Examining Explanations in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.jaac.2017.09.437 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 54-60.e4 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jasmin Wertz ◽

Jessica Agnew-Blais ◽

Avshalom Caspi ◽

Andrea Danese ◽

Helen L. Fisher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Conduct Problems ◽

Longitudinal Cohort Study ◽

Longitudinal Cohort ◽

Childhood Conduct Problems ◽

Childhood Conduct

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Childhood Sleep Time and Long-Term Risk for Obesity: A 32-Year Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Yearbook of Pediatrics ◽

10.1016/s0084-3954(09)79365-0 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2010 ◽

pp. 453-454

Author(s):

J.A. Stockman

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Sleep Time ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Birth Cohort ◽

Prospective Birth Cohort Study

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The 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study: methods

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2010001000003 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 26 (10) ◽

pp. 1875-1886 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Cora Luiza Araújo ◽

Ana M. B. Menezes ◽

Maria de Fátima A. Vieira ◽

Marilda B. Neutzling ◽

Helen Gonçalves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Original Cohort ◽

Financial Difficulties ◽

Long Term Follow Up ◽

The City

The aim of this study is to describe the methodology of the 2004-2005 follow-up visit of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. All children born in Pelotas in 1993 and whose mothers lived in the city at that time were eligible to be enrolled in a longitudinal study. Between July 2004 and March 2005, all cohort participants were sought for a follow-up visit. Several strategies were used to help trace cohort members, including a census of the city's schools and a census of all households in the municipality. The Mortality Information System was monitored in order to identify deaths among cohort members. Of the 5,249 cohort members, 4,452 were interviewed in 2004-5. When added to the 141 deaths, these represent 87.5% of the original cohort. In spite of the logistic and financial difficulties, it is possible to carry out prospective studies with long-term follow-up in the Brazilian context.

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