Parents of children who were born prematurely are concerned about the quality of their life up to adulthood, according to Pannochka, an Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old.. net European researchers report this in the journal Pediatrics.

Researchers at the University of Warwick (UK) and University Hospital Bonn (Germany) compared the opinions of parents whose babies were born deeply premature with the responses of those whose babies were born on time..

They also took into account the views of the children themselves, which can be learned in more detail in an article entitled Quality of Life in Deeply Premature Babies in Adolescence, published late last week..

Participants and their parents were interviewed at age 13 and then 26. The baseline data for the analysis were collected as part of the prospective Bavarian Longitudinal Study conducted at several clinics in the federal state of Bavaria..

The study was started in 1985. The total number of premature babies included in it was 260 (up to 31 weeks of gestation or weight less than 1500 g), and the control group included 229 babies born on time..

Study author Nicole Baumann and her colleague professor of psychology Dieter Wolke evaluated indicators such as vision, hearing, speech, emotions, mobility, pain level, etc.. The questionnaires for children contained questions of the following type: “Can you recognize a friend who is walking on the other side of the street \?

The authors found that due to health conditions, children born premature experience less pleasure in life, have fewer friends and social contacts on average, face a greater risk of unemployment, and are more likely to be left without a life partner..

“Previous work in Canada shows that the quality of life of premature babies significantly decreases when they reach adulthood.. However, our research suggests that their quality of life tends to improve, although it remains somewhat lower than that of children born on time, "

In turn, Professor Peter Bartmann, a neonatologist at the University Hospital Bonn, added: "

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