Very preterm children show impairments across multiple neurodevelopmental domains by age 4 years

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Woodward, Lianne J ^a,b   Moor, S ^c   Hood, K M ^a   Champion, P R ^a   Foster Cohen, S ^a,d   Inder, T E ^e   Austin, N C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 69249086606     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.146282     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Allen M. Preterm outcomes research: a critical component of neonatal intensive care. Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 2002;8:221-233 (Pubitemid 35453793)
2. Dorling JS, Field DJ. Follow up of infants following discharge from the neonatal unit: structure and process. Early Hum Dev 2006;82:151-156
3. Wood NS, Costeloe K, Gibson AT, et al. The EPICure study: associations and antecedents of neurological and developmental disability at 30 months of age following extremely preterm birth. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2005;90:F134-F140. (Pubitemid 40333082)
4. Woodward LJ, Anderson PJ, Austin NC, et al. Neonatal MRI to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. New Engl J Med 2006;355:685-694 (Pubitemid 44244539)
5. Bhutta AT, Cleves MA, Casey PH, et al. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school aged children who were born preterm. J Am Med Assoc 2002;288:728-737
6. Wolke D, Meyer R. Cognitive status, language attainment, and prereading skills of 6-year-old very preterm children and their peers: the Bavarian Longitudinal Study. Dev Med Child Neurol 1999;41:94-109. (Pubitemid 29074076)
7. Horwood LJ, Mogridge N, Darlow BA. Cognitive, educational and behavioural outcomes at 7 to 8 years in a national very low birth weight cohort. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 1998;79:F12-F20. (Pubitemid 28332561)
8. Taylor HG, Klein N, Minich NM, et al. Middle-school-age outcomes in children with very low birthweight. Child Dev 2000;71:1495-1511.
9. Litt J, Taylor GH, Klein NL, et al. Learning disabilities in children with very low birthweight: prevalence, neuropsychological correlates, and educational interventions. J Learn Disabil 2005;38:130-141 (Pubitemid 40447867)
10. Saigal S, Doyle LW. An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood. Lancet 2008;371:261-269
11. Spira EG, Fischel JE. The impact of preschool inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity on social and academic development: a review. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2005;46:755-773
12. McClelland MM, Cameron CE, Connor CM, et al. Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills. Dev Psychol 2007;43:947-959
13. Foster-Cohen S, Edgin JO, Champion PR, et al. Early delayed language development in very preterm infants: evidence from the MacArthur Bates CDI. J Child Lang 2007;34:655-675
14. Delobel-Ayoub M, Kaminski M, Marret S, et al. Behavioral outcome at 3 years of age in very preterm infants: the EPIPAGE study. Pediatrics 2006;117:1996-2005. (Pubitemid 46071244)
15. Edgin JO, Inder TE, Anderson PJ, et al. Executive functioning in preschool children born very preterm: relationship with early white matter pathology. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2008;14:90-101.
16. de Kleine MJ, Den Ouden AL, Kollee LAA, et al. Development and evaluation of a follow up assessment of preterm infants at 5 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:870-875 (Pubitemid 37194041)
17. Van Baar AL, Van Wassenaer AG, Briet JM, et al. Very preterm birth is associated with disabilities in multiple developmental domains. J Pediatr Psychol 2005;30:247-255
18. Statistics New Zealand. 2001 Census: regional summary (2001). See http:// www2.stats.govt.nz (accessed 22 June 2009).
19. Wolke D, Ratschinski G, Ohrt B, et al. The cognitive outcome of very preterm infants may be poorer than often reported: an empirical investigation of how methodological issues make a big difference. Eur J Pediatr 1994;153:906-915 (Pubitemid 24359849)
20. Palisano R, Rosenbaum P, Walter S, et al. Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 1997;39:214-223 (Pubitemid 27226331)
21. Wechsler D. Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation, 1989.
22. LoBello SG. A short form of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised. J School Psychol 1991;29:229-236
23. Wiig E, Secord W, Semel E. Clinical evaluation of language fundamentals-preschool: examiners manual. New York: Psychological Corporation, 1992.
24. Morrow CE, Vogel AL, Anthony JC, et al. Expressive and receptive language functioning in preschool children with prenatal cocaine exposure. J Pediatr Psychol 2004;29:543-554
25. Goodman R. The Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1997;38:581-586 (Pubitemid 27341892)
26. Goodman R, Scott S. Comparing the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist: is small beautiful? J Abnorm Child Psychol 1999;27:17-24. (Pubitemid 29144689)
27. Clark CAC, Woodward LJ, Horwood LJ, et al. Development of emotional and behavioral regulation in children born extremely preterm and very preterm: biological and social influences. Child Dev 2008;79:1445-1463
28. Salt A, D'Amore A, Ahluwalia J, et al. Outcome at 2 years for very low birthweight infants in a geographical population: risk factors, cost, and impact of congenital anomalies. Early Hum Dev 2006;82:125-133 (Pubitemid 43234046)
29. Wood NS, Marlow N, Costeloe K, et al. Neurological and developmental disability after extremely preterm birth. New Engl J Med 2000;343:378-384 (Pubitemid 30626119)
30. Reijneveld SA, de Kleine MJK, van Baar AL, et al. Behavioural and emotional problems in very preterm and very low birthweight infants at age 5 years. Arch Dis Child 2006;91:F423-F428.
31. Elley WB, Irving J. Revised socio-economic index for New Zealand. New Zealand J Educ Stud 2003;38:3-17.