Effect of home environment on neuropsychiatric development in preterm infants discharged from NICU at 18 months corrected age.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Background

There have been numerous intervention studies focusing on the development of preterm infants, but there has been limited investigation into the home environment as a determinant of developmental outcomes in preterm infants. The aspects and extent to which the home environment affects the early (18 months corrected age) neuropsychological development of preterm infants are still unclear.

Aims

This study aimed to analyse the effect of the home environment on the neuropsychiatric development of preterm infants at 18 months corrected age after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also sought to provide a basis for promoting neuropsychiatric development among preterm infants by improving the home environment.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784137 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature