Developmental and behavioural outcomes at 2 years in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: communication concerns in a pandemic birth cohort

The CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in 12-month-old infants born into the COVID-19 pandemic. To look at 24-month developmental and behavioural outcomes in th...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2023-10, Vol.108 (10), p.846-851
Main Authors: Byrne, Susan, Sledge, Hailey, Hurley, Sadhbh, Hoolahan, Sarah, Franklin, Ruth, Jordan, Norah, Boland, Fiona, Murray, Deirdre M, Hourihane, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Babies
Children & youth
Communication
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Educational Attainment
Families & family life
Infants
Infections
Language Acquisition
Multiple births
Observational studies
Original Research
Pandemics
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Preschool education
Problem solving
Questionnaires
Siblings
Young Children
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Summary:The CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in 12-month-old infants born into the COVID-19 pandemic. To look at 24-month developmental and behavioural outcomes in the CORAL cohort. The CORAL study is a longitudinal prospective observational study of Irish infants born in the first 3 months of the pandemic. At 24 months of age, the Ages and Stages Developmental Questionnaire (ASQ24) and the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) were completed and compared with prepandemic BASELINE (Babies After SCOPE: Evaluating the Longitudinal Impact Using Neurological and Nutritional Impact) cohort. 917 babies (312 CORAL infants and 605 BASELINE infants) were included. At 24 months of age, infants in the CORAL and BASELINE cohorts had similar developmental ASQ24 scores in fine motor, problem solving and personal and social domains but ASQ24 communication scores were significantly lower in the CORAL group compared with the BASELINE cohort (mean (SD) 49.5 (15.1) vs 53.7 (11.6), p
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2022-325271