Increased usage of special educational services by children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies
Increased usage of special educational services by children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies
复制标题
DOI:
10.1136/lupus-2014-000034
复制
发表时间:
2014-04-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Somers, Emily C.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Marder, Wendy;Romero, Vivian C.;Somers, Emily C.
Introduction: Surveys of long-term health and developmental outcomes of children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have suggested an increase in learning disabilities among these children. We performed this observational study to investigate the relationship between maternal autoantibodies and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) in maternal lupus patients and neurocognitive development among their offspring.Methods: SLE mothers with at least one live birth postlupus diagnosis were enrolled. Data on maternal medical/obstetric history and children's perinatal/medical history were collected by structured interview and medical record reviews. The primary outcome was requirement for special educational (SE) services, a proxy for developmental delays. Multiple logistic regression modelling was used to examine associations between APS and autoantibodies with SE usage, accounting for SLE disease severity and potential confounders.Results: Data on 38 mothers and 60 offspring were analysed: SE service usage was reported for 15 of 60 (25%) offspring. Maternal APS history was significantly associated with increased use of SE services among offspring, including after adjustment for lupus anticoagulant (LA) positivity and potential confounders (OR 5.5-9.4 for delays age >= 2; p