Association between prematurity and feeding difficulties in infancy: systematic review

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i13.35190

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Premature; Feeding behavior; Feeding and eating disorders; Feeding and eating disorders of childhood.

Abstract

Objective: to perform a systematic review of the literature to analyze the hypothesis of association between prematurity and eating difficulties in childhood. Methods: the systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. The research was conducted by two independent researchers on PubMed and SciELO databases using the following combined keywords: “premature infants", “premature newborn”, “preterm”, “eating disorders”, “eating disorders in childhood”, “eating behavior”, “disease in premature infants”, “nutritional disorders of nursing infants", and its correlates in Portuguese. Articles published from 1996 to 2022 were included in our review. Results: of the 45 eligible articles, 21 were included in the review. 19 studies (90,5%) associated prematurity to a risk factor for the development of eating difficulties in childhood. The main eating difficulties were related to introduction of solid diet, oral motor difficulty, refusal/avoidance of food, coughing, vomiting, appetite and pleasure in eating reduced, disorganized or dysfunctional feeding, greater selectivity, food neophobia, and poorer feeding compared to children at term. Ten studies (47,6%) indicated that the lower the gestational age and the lower the birth weight, the higher the prevalence of eating difficulties. Conclusions: There is important evidence associating prematurity to specific eating difficulties in childhood. However, the methodological weaknesses of the studies included in our review decrease the quality of the evidence produced.

Author Biographies

Aline Germano, Universidade São Camilo

Nutricionista pela Universidade São Camilo. Pós-graduação em Nutrição Clínica pela Universidade São Camilo. Nutricionista pesquisadora no Programa de Atendimento, Ensino e Pesquisa em Transtornos Alimentares na Infância e Adolescência (PROTAD) – Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (IPq-HC-FMUSP).

Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo

É Psicólogo pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (2011) e discente do curso de Medicina da Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá (FMIT) (2021). Mestre (2012) e Doutor (2018) em Ciências pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (IP-USP). Atualmente cursa estágio de Pós-Doutorado no Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo (EE-USP). É professor, desde 2014, nos níveis de graduação e pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Psicologia da Saúde. Foi editor associado da Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Hospitalar (2019-2021). É parecerista de diversos periódicos científicos, nacionais e internacionais prestigiados, como Plos One e The Lancet Psychiatry, nas áreas de Psicologia Clínica, Psicologia da Saúde e Psiquiatria. Tem experiência nas áreas de Psicologia Clínica, Psicologia da Saúde e Saúde Coletiva, com ênfase em avaliação psicológica e tratamento psicoterápico em contextos de saúde. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa do CNPq: "Vulnerabilidade, Adesão e Necessidades em Saúde Coletiva", do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva Universidade de São Paulo. Vencedor do Prêmio Carolina Bori, da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia (2018), na categoria de melhor trabalho de Doutorado. Membro da European Health Psychology Society, da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia e da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Hospitalar.

Aline Jovem , Universidade São Camilo

Nutricionista pela Universidade São Camilo. Pós-graduada em Nutrição Clínica pela Universidade São Camilo. Nutricinista pesquisadora no Programa de Tratamento, Ensino e Pesquisa em Transtornos Alimentares na infância e adolescência do Instituto de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (PROTAD-IPq-HC-FMUSP).

Juliana Bergamo, Universidade de São Paulo

Nutricionista graduada pelo Centro Universitário São Camilo (2009). Mestre em Ciências aplicadas à Pediatria pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Especialista em Saúde, Nutrição e Alimentação Infantil pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Aprimoramento pelo Programa de Transtornos Alimentares pelo Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (AMBULIM-IPq- HC FMUSP).Tem experiência em nutrição clínica hospitalar geral no Hospital Israelita Albert Einsten (HIAE), atendimento clínico ambulatorial em pediatria (UNIFESP) e transtornos alimentares (AMBULIM-IPq- HC FMUSP). Editora Associada do Livro Nutrição em Saúde Pública (atual). Atualmente coordenadora de pesquisa Programa de Atendimento, Ensino e Pesquisa em Transtornos Alimentares na Infância e Adolescência (PROTAD) do Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas (IPq- HC FMUSP) e nutricionista do grupo de TARE - PROTAD/AMBULIM.

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GERMANO, A.; ALCKMIN-CARVALHO, F.; JOVEM , A.; BERGAMO, J. . Association between prematurity and feeding difficulties in infancy: systematic review. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 13, p. e52111335190, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i13.35190. Disponível em: https://www.rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/35190. Acesso em: 24 apr. 2024.

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