Wagenaar Karin, Ceelen Manon, van Weissenbruch Mirjam M, Knol Dirk L, Delemarre-van de Waal Henriette A, Huisman Jaap
Department of Medical Psychology and Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Nov;167(11):1289-95. doi: 10.1007/s00431-008-0677-2. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
The aim of this study was to examine the school functioning of 8- to 18-year-old children born after in vitro fertilization (IVF). We compared 233 children born after IVF to 233 matched control children born spontaneously from parents with fertility problems on measures of education level, general cognitive ability, school performance (need for extra help, repeating a grade, special education), and rates of learning and developmental disorders. No differences were found between IVF and control children on these measures of school functioning. More than 60% of adolescents at secondary school attended high academic levels (with access to high school or university). We conclude that children and adolescents born after IVF show good academic achievement and general cognitive ability. They do not experience any more educational limitations than the naturally conceived children and adolescents of the control group. The tendency of reassuring school functioning already found in younger IVF children has been shown to continue at secondary school age.
本研究的目的是考察体外受精（IVF）后出生的8至18岁儿童的学校表现。我们将233名IVF后出生的儿童与233名匹配的对照儿童进行比较，这些对照儿童由有生育问题的父母自然受孕而生，比较内容包括教育水平、一般认知能力、学业成绩（是否需要额外帮助、留级、接受特殊教育）以及学习和发育障碍发生率。在这些学校表现指标上，IVF儿童和对照儿童之间未发现差异。超过60%的中学青少年学业水平较高（能够进入高中或大学）。我们得出结论，IVF后出生的儿童和青少年学业成绩良好，一般认知能力也较好。他们所经历的教育限制并不比对照组自然受孕的儿童和青少年更多。在IVF出生的年幼儿童中已发现的令人安心的学校表现趋势在中学年龄阶段仍持续存在。
