Communicative performance of premature children in preschool

• Grant number: 12/12349-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Dionísia Aparecida Cusin Lamônica
• Grantee: Caroline Kauffmann Becaro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization set up as newly born preterm babies those with gestational age below 37 weeks. Prematurity is considered a biological risk factor for the typical child development. The objectives of study compare the performance of children born prematurely (under 37 weeks) and typical of age (over 38 weeks) between four and five years eleven months, on the communicative performance and school performance. Will be evaluated 40 children with prematurity and 40 children born term with typical development matched according with age and sex. Will be interviewing their parents and it will be applied the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories: First words and gestures, with their parents and teachers. The teachers, also, respond to the Observation script the student and evaluation form of early childhood education. The evaluation will be composed, also by Communicative Behavior Observation; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Child Language Test ABFW - Vocabulary and Denver II Developmental Screening Test. Order to the testing procedures will follow the norms provided for in the handbooks for each instrument. Statistical analysis will consist of the application of different tests, such as: "t" Studant, Mann-Whitney; Paired "t" test; Spearman correlation coefficient and Wilcoxon, with values p < 0,05 significance. (AU)

Scientific publications

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CUSIN LAMONICA, DIONISIA APARECIDA; BECARO, CAROLINE KAUFFMAN; BORBA, ALINE CABRAL; MAXIMINO, LUCIANA DE PAULA; ACEITUNO DA COSTA, ALINE ROBERTA; RIBEIRO, CAMILA DA COSTA. Communicative performance and vocabulary domain in preschool preterm infants. Journal of Applied Oral Science, v. 26, 2018. (12/12349-5)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BECARO, Caroline Kauffmann. Communicative performance of preterm children at preschool age. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) Bauru.