Early intervention improves cognitive outcomes for preterm infants: Randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nordhov, S Marianne ^a,b   Rønning, John A ^a,b   Dahl, Lauritz B ^a,b   Ulvund, Stein Erik ^b,c   Tunby, Jorunn ^a,b   Kaaresen, Per Ivar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive and motor outcome; Early intervention; Mother Infant Transaction Program; Premature infants; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78049451791     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0778     Document Type: Article

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