Prenatal prescription opioid analgesic exposure and academic performance in third grade children: An Australian population-based cohort study
Objective To evaluate whether prenatal exposure to opioids analgesics is associated with poor academic performance in third grade children. Design: Population-based cohort study using linked data from New South Wales birth records, medicine dispensing
Authors
- Malcolm Bjørn Gillies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-8050)
- Antonia Shand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4200-9295)
- Alys Havard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-8804)
- Claudia Bruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7789-3415)
- Bianca Varney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0611-6018)
- Natasha Nassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-9655)
- Helga Zoëga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9028)
- Jonathan Brett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-7495)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175533129.98373096/v1
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Government
- Department of Social Services, Australian Government
- University of New South Wales
- Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney