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The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China
OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of parents in China ask grandparents or babysitters to care for their children. Modern parents are often the only child in their family because of China’s One-Child Policy and thus may lack interaction with siblings. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore whe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2017.00243 |
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author | Li, Qinrui Liang, Furong Liang, Weilan Zhang, Jing Niu, Manman Han, Ying |
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description | OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of parents in China ask grandparents or babysitters to care for their children. Modern parents are often the only child in their family because of China’s One-Child Policy and thus may lack interaction with siblings. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore whether different caregivers affect the physical and development of infants in China. METHODS: In total, 2,514 infants were enrolled in our study. We assessed their weight-for-age, supine length-for-age, weight-for-length, occipital-frontal circumference, and Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) results and recorded their general parental information and their primary caregivers. RESULTS: The weights and lengths of 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters were significantly lower than those of infants under the care of parents or grandparents (P < 0.05). Additionally, 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters had the lowest DDST pass rate (75%) among the three groups (χ(2) = 11.819, P = 0.012), especially for the fine motor-adaptive and language domains. Compared to 12-month-old infants under the care of parents and babysitters, infants under the care of grandparents were more likely to be overweight or obese (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The study showed that caregivers had a dominant role in the physical and cognitive development of the infants. Specifically, compared with infants raised by grandparents and parents, 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters had partially suppressed lengths and weights and lagged cognitively. The 12-month-old infants under the care of grandparents were more overweight than those cared for by parents and babysitters. |
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spelling | pubmed-56963362017-11-30 The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China Li, Qinrui Liang, Furong Liang, Weilan Zhang, Jing Niu, Manman Han, Ying Front Pediatr Pediatrics OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of parents in China ask grandparents or babysitters to care for their children. Modern parents are often the only child in their family because of China’s One-Child Policy and thus may lack interaction with siblings. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore whether different caregivers affect the physical and development of infants in China. METHODS: In total, 2,514 infants were enrolled in our study. We assessed their weight-for-age, supine length-for-age, weight-for-length, occipital-frontal circumference, and Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) results and recorded their general parental information and their primary caregivers. RESULTS: The weights and lengths of 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters were significantly lower than those of infants under the care of parents or grandparents (P < 0.05). Additionally, 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters had the lowest DDST pass rate (75%) among the three groups (χ(2) = 11.819, P = 0.012), especially for the fine motor-adaptive and language domains. Compared to 12-month-old infants under the care of parents and babysitters, infants under the care of grandparents were more likely to be overweight or obese (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The study showed that caregivers had a dominant role in the physical and cognitive development of the infants. Specifically, compared with infants raised by grandparents and parents, 12-month-old infants under the care of babysitters had partially suppressed lengths and weights and lagged cognitively. The 12-month-old infants under the care of grandparents were more overweight than those cared for by parents and babysitters. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5696336/ /pubmed/29201862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2017.00243 Text en Copyright © 2017 Li, Liang, Liang, Zhang, Niu and Han. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Li, Qinrui Liang, Furong Liang, Weilan Zhang, Jing Niu, Manman Han, Ying The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title | The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title_full | The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title_fullStr | The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title_short | The Influence of Different Caregivers on Infant Growth and Development in China |
title_sort | influence of different caregivers on infant growth and development in china |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201862 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2017.00243 |
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