Assessing predictors of respiratory tract infections in infants born to teenage mothers; secondary analysis of the Building Blocks trial data

Buchanan, Emily, Cannings-John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Lugg-Widger, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-9703, Hood, Kerry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Butler, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 and Robling, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-036X 2020. Assessing predictors of respiratory tract infections in infants born to teenage mothers; secondary analysis of the Building Blocks trial data. Family Practice 37 (5) , pp. 623-630. 10.1093/fampra/cmaa037

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Abstract

Background Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are estimated to account for 60% of infants’ primary care visits. There is limited research into risk factors for infant RTIs in those born to teenage mothers. Aims To identify risk factors for primary and secondary care RTI attendances, in infants of teenage mothers, and to identify risk factors associated with high primary care RTI consultations. Method Secondary analysis of a data set from the Building Blocks trial of special home visiting support in England containing 1510 infants born to teenage mothers recruited to the study. Maternally reported and routinely collected data were examined. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed to determine independent predictors. Primary care data analysis also focused on infant risk factors for RTI consultation. Results No independently predictive risk factors for infant RTI were identified in primary care. Lower maternal antenatal attendances (odds ratio = 0.96, 95% confidence interval = 0.92–0.99), infants born in autumn (vs. spring; 0.54, 0.36–0.80) and neonatal unit (NNU) admissions (0.51, 0.30–0.89) had increased odds of attending accidents and emergencies with an RTI. Male infants (1.52, 1.03–2.25), NNU admissions (3.21, 1.98–5.22) and birth season had increased odds of RTI-associated hospital admissions. High infant RTI primary care consulters were more likely to have an RTI-associated hospital admission (2.11, 1.17–3.81) and less likely to have breastfed (0.55, 0.38–0.78). Conclusion Risk factors previously found to increase the risk of an RTI infant admission in the broader population have been identified here. This study is one of the first to identify modifiable risk factors of high primary care RTI consulters.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0263-2136
Funders:	Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 April 2020
Date of Acceptance:	2 April 2020
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2024 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130758

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