Early intervention influences positively quality of life as reported by prematurely born children at age nine and their parents; a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Tromsø Intervention Study on Preterms evaluates an early, sensitizing intervention given to parents of prematurely born children (birth-weight < 2000 g). The current study investigated the potential influence of the intervention on children's self-reported and parental proxy-reported quality of life (QoL) at children's age of nine.

Methods

Participants were randomized to either intervention (PI, n = 72) or preterm control (PC, n = 74) in the neonatal care unit, while healthy term-born infants were recruited to a term reference group (TR, n = 75). The intervention was a modified version of the Mother-Infant Transaction Program, and comprised eight one-hour sessions during the last week before discharge and four home visits at 1, 2, 4 and 12 weeks post-discharge

SUBMITTER: Landsem IP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4343051 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature