https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/507906
標題: | Factors affecting the non-compliance for follow-up in very low birth weight children | 作者: | Tsou K.-I. Hsu C.-H. Fang L.-J. Tsou K.-S. SUH-FANG JENG |
關鍵字: | Follow-up; Non-compliance; Very low birth weight | 公開日期: | 2006 | 卷: | 47 | 期: | 6 | 起(迄)頁: | 284-292 | 來源出版物: | Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica | 摘要: | Background: Long-term longitudinal follow up of very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight ≦1500 g) infants is important. This study assessed the factors affecting non-compliance for follow-up at different ages in VLBW children. Methods: The demographic data, morbidity and neurodevelopmental data of 321 VLBW infants were analyzed between those returned and not returned. Results: The majority of the children who did not attend the follow-up clinic were caused by inaccessibility, and refusal by the parents. The non-compliant children had higher rate of multiple births, short paternal education years, mother being a housewife, and lower incidence of first child, emergent caesarian section and small for gestational age. They did not differ much from the children returned in the occurrence of neonatal diseases. No significant difference of the growth and neurodevelopmental status at the previous visit could be observed between children of the two groups. When data of different follow-up visits were compared, it was noted that the most common reason for not attending the follow-up visits was inaccessibility for the 6- and 12-month visits and refusal by the parents for other visits. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that variable(s) increasing the non-compliance were none for the 6-month visit, severe retinopathy of prematurity for the 12-month visit, short duration of paternal education for the 18-, 24- and 36-month visits and multiple births for the 36-month visit. Conclusions: These results showed that the reasons and the affecting variables for not attending the follow-up assessment were different for different age groups. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34247185363&partnerID=40&md5=91d4bf9762fce9de37c57e1414d55cc8 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/507906 |
ISSN: | 1608-8115 | SDG/關鍵字: | article; controlled study; follow up; health care access; human; infant; major clinical study; morbidity; nerve cell differentiation; neurologic examination; newborn disease; parental behavior; very low birth weight; female; male; newborn; patient compliance; regression analysis; statistical model; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; Logistic Models; Male; Patient Compliance; Regression Analysis |
顯示於: | 物理治療學系所 |
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