Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Association of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight With Romantic Partnership, Sexual Intercourse, and Parenthood in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
- Allied health
- Families and professional practice
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Neurology
- Nursing
- Wellbeing
This paper is from 2019, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 prospective longitudinal and registry studies examined adult social outcomes in people born preterm or with low birth weight compared with those born at term. Adults born preterm or with low birth weight were less likely to have had a romantic partnership, sexual intercourse or to have become parents, with a dose-response association by degree of prematurity for partnership and parenthood. However, the quality of partner and peer relationships did not appear poorer when such relationships existed. It is relevant to long-term follow-up and to counselling families about adult outcomes after preterm birth.
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