2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Inter-generational effect of a mother and her mother as revealed in their Maternal and Child Health Handbooks

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22592481
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	TANABE Keiko 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 准教授 (40508959)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TAMAKOSHI Koji 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 教授 (30262900) MUROTSUKI Jun 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(医学, 教授 (50239555)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	SGA / 発育 / 発達 / 学習障害 / うつ / 胎内環境 / 出生体重
Research Abstract	In recent years, there has been a decline in the number of births in Japan and an increase in the number of infants with low birth weight. Researchers suggest that low birth weight is the result of nutritional disorders and environmental factors during the fetal period and infancy, which is the theory of the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD). In this study, we included small for gestational age (SGA) infants who were discharged from neonatal intensive care units and were given follow-up since 2000 as subjects. Using the Pupil Rating Scale Revised (PRS) and the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), we investigated whether intrauterine environment relates to subsequent growth, behavioral development, and mental health; and, if there are such relations, to elucidate how intrauterine environment influences these variables.