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Triplet Births (triplet + birth)
Selected AbstractsThe burden of illness associated with triplet birthsPAEDIATRIC & PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, Issue 4 2001Ks Joseph No abstract is available for this article. [source] Infant mortality rates in single, twin and triplet births, and influencing factors in Japan, 1995,98PAEDIATRIC & PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, Issue 4 2001Y. Imaizumi Summary The infant mortality rate (IMR) was analysed among single, twin and triplet births during the period from 1995 to 1998 using Japanese Vital Statistics. This study also investigated the effects of order of multiple births and of birthweight on the IMR. Proportions of neonatal deaths among total infant deaths were about 1/2 for singletons and 3/4 for both twins and triplets. Thus, to reduce the IMR, intensive care of multiple births is likely to be very important during the first month of life. The IMR was higher in males than females for both singletons and twins, but not in triplets. Relative risks of the IMR in multiples relative to singletons were 5-fold in twins and 12-fold in triplets. The IMR was higher in the second-born (18 per 1000 live births) than the first-born (16) twin and higher in the third-born (51) than the first-born (31) and the second-born (34) triplet. The higher risk in the second-born than the first-born twin may be related to delivery complications. The IMR decreased rapidly as birthweight increased in singletons, twins, and triplets. IMRs for ,1500 g were 2.4 per 1000 live births in singletons, 5.9 in twins and 6.1 in triplets. The corresponding proportions of infant deaths were 75%, 33% and 10% respectively. The higher relative risks of multiple births are almost entirely the result of the lower birthweight distribution among twins and triplets. To reduce the IMR, birthweight is an important factor in twins, triplets and singletons. The overall early neonatal death rate decreased as gestational age rose in singletons, twins and triplets. For birthweights <1000 g, higher IMRs were related to gestational ages of <28 weeks. [source] Parental stress and toddler behaviour at age 18 months after pre-term birthACTA PAEDIATRICA, Issue 2 2007Karin Jackson Abstract Aim: To describe the parent's judgement of their own stress and the child's behaviour at 18 months after pre-term birth and if there are any correlations between these assessments, the morbidity in the neonatal period, the gestational age at birth and the occurrence of twin/triplet births. Method: Twenty-one mothers and 19 fathers of pre-term infants answered two questionnaires, The Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ) and The Toddler Behaviour Questionnaire (TBQ). Results: Mothers scored somewhat higher than fathers concerning parental stress. Parents with twins/triplets and of children born in gestational week 25,30 felt more stress, though the differences were not statistically significant. High-risk diagnoses did not correlate to any of the dimensions. The parents judged the behaviour of the children similar except that parents of children born in gestational week 25,30 scored significantly higher for intensity/activity (p = 0.002). The correlation between parental stress and judgement of their children's behaviour did not show any significant association except for the dimension regularity in TBQ (p = 0.016). Conclusions: The mothers' and fathers' assessments of their own stress and of the children's behaviour were similar. Parents of very pre-term children felt more stress and judged the children somewhat delayed in their social behaviours, probably due to their low gestational age. [source] | ||||||||||