| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Camila da Costa Ribeiro
[1]
;
Mariane Regina de Oliveira Pachelli
[2]
;
Natalie Camillo de Oliveira Amaral
;
Dionísia Aparecida Cusin Lamônica
[4]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
[2] Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais de Agudos - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | CoDAS; v. 29, n. 1 2017-01-30. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT Purpose To compare the performance of children born premature with low birth weight (LBW) and very low birth-weight (VLBW) with that of children born at term, within the age range of one to three years, regarding child development in the gross motor, fine motor-adaptive, personal-social and language domains. Methods This is a cross-sectional study in a cohort of 150 infants born premature (experimental group) and at term (control group) divided into eight groups with respect to weight (low birth weight: <2500 grams and very low birth weight: <1500 grams) and age range (aged 12 to 24 and 25 to 36 months). The control groups were paired with the experimental groups as for gender, chronological age, and socioeconomic level. Assessment comprised the application of anamnesis protocol, socioeconomic classification, and Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST-II). Corrected age was calculated for premature children up to 24 months of age. Descriptive statistical analysis and the Student’s t-test were used. Results No statistically significant difference was found in the comparison between the groups of infants born premature and at term for all domains evaluated. Conclusion The performance of infants born premature was lower than that of infants born at term regarding the gross motor, fine motor-adaptive, personal-social and language domains. In this study, the preterm groups presented different performances, i.e., normative, average, and below average performances were observed within the same group. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/04114-5 - Motor skills, language and cognitive preterm and full term children between two to three years |
| Grantee: | Camila da Costa Ribeiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/09017-3 - Skills development of premature children between 1 and 2 years |
| Grantee: | Mariane Regina de Oliveira Pachelli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |