TY - JOUR
T1 - Very preterm birth is associated with disabilities in multiple developmental domains
AU - van Baar, Anneloes L.
AU - van Wassenaer, Aleid G.
AU - Briët, Judy M.
AU - Dekker, Friedo W.
AU - Kok, Joke H.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Objective Follow-up studies in very preterm children usually present outcome for separate developmental domains. Presence of disabilities in more than one developmental domain will show a more serious outcome picture for extreme preterm infants and may be related to a different degree of perinatal problems. Methods At 5.5 years corrected age, outcome in the neurological, motor, cognitive, and behavioral domain was studied in 157 children born <30 weeks gestation. The children were divided into a normal, a single, or a multiple disability group. Group differences in background, clinical characteristics, and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years were evaluated. Results Thirty-nine percent had a normal developmental outcome, 17% had a single disability, and 44% had multiple disabilities. Multiple disabilities were associated with lower birth weight, BPD, and difficulties according to neurodevelopmental assessments at 2 years. Conclusion Assessments of different developmental domains show that most very preterm children had multiple disabilities
AB - Objective Follow-up studies in very preterm children usually present outcome for separate developmental domains. Presence of disabilities in more than one developmental domain will show a more serious outcome picture for extreme preterm infants and may be related to a different degree of perinatal problems. Methods At 5.5 years corrected age, outcome in the neurological, motor, cognitive, and behavioral domain was studied in 157 children born <30 weeks gestation. The children were divided into a normal, a single, or a multiple disability group. Group differences in background, clinical characteristics, and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years were evaluated. Results Thirty-nine percent had a normal developmental outcome, 17% had a single disability, and 44% had multiple disabilities. Multiple disabilities were associated with lower birth weight, BPD, and difficulties according to neurodevelopmental assessments at 2 years. Conclusion Assessments of different developmental domains show that most very preterm children had multiple disabilities
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsi035
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsi035
M3 - Article
C2 - 15784921
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 30
SP - 247
EP - 255
JO - Journal of pediatric psychology
JF - Journal of pediatric psychology
IS - 3
ER -