Table 4.
Estimated changes from 20 to 23 years in scores for ASEBA Adult Self-Report and Short Form 36 Health Survey
| VLBW (n = 49) | Control (n = 83) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | (95 % CI) | p-value | B | (95 % CI) | p-value | p-value (age x group)b | |
| Adult Self-Report | |||||||
| Critical items | 0.73 | (-0.47 to 1.93) | 0.228 | −0.38 | (-1.42 to 0.66) | 0.470 | 0.167 |
| Internalizing problems | 4.94 | (1.63 to 6.24) | 0.001 | 0.40 | (-1.67 to 2.46) | 0.704 | 0.025 |
| Externalizing problems | 1.87 | (0.02 to 3.71) | 0.047 | −0.45 | (-2.08 to 1.18) | 0.583 | 0.064 |
| Total problems | 9.00 | (3.30 to 14.71) | 0.002 | −1.35 | (-6.46 to 3.76) | 0.600 | 0.009 |
| Short Form 36 Health Survey a | |||||||
| Physical component summary | −2.94 | (-4.83 to -1.06) | 0.003 | 0.46 | (-1.39 to 2.30) | 0.623 | 0.012 |
| Mental component summary | −4.37 | (-7.07 to -1.67) | 0.002 | 0.08 | (-2.57 to 2.73) | 0.952 | 0.022 |
aData missing for one control participant at both time-points
bp-value for between-group differences in longitudinal changes from 20 to 23 years
ASEBA = Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, VLBW = very low birth weight, CI = confidence interval
Regression coefficient B per 3 years, in a linear mixed models with scores as dependent variables, and age, group and age x group as independent variables