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- Title
Parental religious affiliation and survival of premature infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage.
- Authors
Arad, I.; Braunstein, R.; Netzer, D.
- Abstract
Objective:To evaluate the association between parents' ethnic/religious affiliation (secular Jewish, religious Jewish, ultra-orthodox Jewish, Muslim Arabs) and survival of premature infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH).Study Design:Survival of 102 infants (birth weight1500 g) born at the Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem from 1 January 1996 through 31 December 2005, who sustained severe IVH and who survived over 48 h, was assessed in relation to their parents' ethnic/religious affiliation and accounting for relevant clinical and demographic variables.Result:There were 38 cases of demise among 72 infants with IVH grade IV (52.8%), and 4 among 30 infants with IVH grade III (13.3%). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis accounting for relevant perinatal variables, the odds for mortality compared to the reference Arab group was significantly lower only with regard to ultra-orthodox patients (odds ratio, OR=0.06; 95% confidential interval, CI=0.00 to 0.80; P=0.033). In a logistic and in the Cox stepwise regression analyses with religion as forced in variable, comparing infants with IVH grade IV of religious and ultra-orthodox Jewish families with those of secular Jewish families, the OR/hazard ratio (HR) for mortality were OR=0.10; 95% CI=0.01 to 0.06; P=0.017, and HR=0.37; 95% CI=0.16 to 0.85; P=0.019, respectively. No significant difference between the groups was demonstrated when infants with IVH grade III were analyzed apart.Conclusion:Parental religious affiliation may be influential on the outcome of premature infants with severe brain damage.Journal of Perinatology (2008) 28, 361–367; doi:10.1038/jp.2008.12; published online 21 February 2008
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS life of parents; PREMATURE infants; ARTERIAL injuries; HEMORRHAGE; NEONATAL diseases
- Publication
Journal of Perinatology, 2008, Vol 28, Issue 5, p361
- ISSN
0743-8346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/jp.2008.12