Predicting developmental delay in a longitudinal cohort of preschool children with single-suture craniosynostosis: is neurobehavioral assessment important?

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to determine whether neurobehavioral assessment before and after cranial vault surgery can improve prediction of developmental delay in children with single-suture craniosynostosis (SSC), after accounting for 'baseline' demographic and clinical variables (SSC diagnosis and surgery age).

Method

Children with SSC were referred by the treating surgeon or pediatrician before surgery. Neurobehavioral assessments were performed at ages of approximately 6, 18, and 36 months. Iterative models were developed to predict delay, as determined by one or more tests of cognitive, motor, and language skills at 36 months. We selected from groups of variables entered in order of timing (before or after corrective surgery), and source of information (parent questi

SUBMITTER: Gray KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4397127 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature