Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Contact with companion animals has been suggested to have important roles in enhancing child development. However, studies focused on child development and pet ownership at a very early age are limited. The purpose of the current study was to investigate child development in relation to pet ownershi...
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doaj-15da078ebd8d4efab0a386a39cc33c102020-11-25T01:15:22ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-12-0117120510.3390/ijerph17010205ijerph17010205Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s StudyMachiko Minatoya0Atsuko Araki1Chihiro Miyashita2Sachiko Itoh3Sumitaka Kobayashi4Keiko Yamazaki5Yu Ait Bamai6Yasuaki Saijyo7Yoshiya Ito8Reiko Kishi9The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group10Hokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanDepartment of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, JapanFaculty of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing, Kitami 090-0011, JapanHokkaido University Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Sapporo 060-0812, JapanA complete list of the centres and investigators in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group is provided in Appendix A.Contact with companion animals has been suggested to have important roles in enhancing child development. However, studies focused on child development and pet ownership at a very early age are limited. The purpose of the current study was to investigate child development in relation to pet ownership at an early age in a nationwide prospective birth cohort study: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Associations between cat and dog ownership at six months and infant development at 12 months of age were examined in this study. Infant development was assessed using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires<sup>TM</sup> (ASQ-3) at 12 months. Among participants of (Japan Environment and Children’s Study) JECS, those with available data of cat and dog ownership at six months and data for the ASQ-3 at 12 months were included (<i>n</i> = 78,868). Having dogs showed higher percentages of pass in all five domains measured by ASQ-3 (communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social) compared to those who did not have dogs. Significantly decreased odds ratios (ORs) of developmental delays were observed in association with having dogs in all fix domains (communication: OR = 0.73, gross motor: OR = 0.86, fine motor: OR = 0.84, problem-solving: OR = 0.90, personal-social: OR = 0.83). This study suggested that early life dog ownership may reduce the risks of child developmental delays.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/1/205pet ownershipchild developmentbirth cohortasq-3 |
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Machiko Minatoya Atsuko Araki Chihiro Miyashita Sachiko Itoh Sumitaka Kobayashi Keiko Yamazaki Yu Ait Bamai Yasuaki Saijyo Yoshiya Ito Reiko Kishi The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group |
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Machiko Minatoya Atsuko Araki Chihiro Miyashita Sachiko Itoh Sumitaka Kobayashi Keiko Yamazaki Yu Ait Bamai Yasuaki Saijyo Yoshiya Ito Reiko Kishi The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health pet ownership child development birth cohort asq-3 |
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Machiko Minatoya Atsuko Araki Chihiro Miyashita Sachiko Itoh Sumitaka Kobayashi Keiko Yamazaki Yu Ait Bamai Yasuaki Saijyo Yoshiya Ito Reiko Kishi The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group |
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Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study |
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Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study |
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Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study |
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Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study |
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Cat and Dog Ownership in Early Life and Infant Development: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study of Japan Environment and Children’s Study |
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cat and dog ownership in early life and infant development: a prospective birth cohort study of japan environment and children’s study |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Contact with companion animals has been suggested to have important roles in enhancing child development. However, studies focused on child development and pet ownership at a very early age are limited. The purpose of the current study was to investigate child development in relation to pet ownership at an early age in a nationwide prospective birth cohort study: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Associations between cat and dog ownership at six months and infant development at 12 months of age were examined in this study. Infant development was assessed using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires<sup>TM</sup> (ASQ-3) at 12 months. Among participants of (Japan Environment and Children’s Study) JECS, those with available data of cat and dog ownership at six months and data for the ASQ-3 at 12 months were included (<i>n</i> = 78,868). Having dogs showed higher percentages of pass in all five domains measured by ASQ-3 (communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social) compared to those who did not have dogs. Significantly decreased odds ratios (ORs) of developmental delays were observed in association with having dogs in all fix domains (communication: OR = 0.73, gross motor: OR = 0.86, fine motor: OR = 0.84, problem-solving: OR = 0.90, personal-social: OR = 0.83). This study suggested that early life dog ownership may reduce the risks of child developmental delays. |
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