Quality of caregiver-child play interactions with toddlers born preterm and full term: Antecedents and language outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm birth may leave long-term effects on the interactions between caregivers and children. Language skills are sensitive to the quality of caregiver-child interactions.

Aims

Compare the quality of caregiver-child play interactions in toddlers born preterm (PT) and full term (FT) at age 22months (corrected for degree of prematurity) and evaluate the degree of association between caregiver-child interactions, antecedent demographic and language factors, and subsequent language skill.

Study design

A longitudinal descriptive cohort study.

Subjects

39 PT and 39 FT toddlers individually matched on sex and socioeconomic status (SES).

Outcome measures

The outcome measures were dimensions of caregiver-child interactions, rated from a videotaped pla

SUBMITTER: Loi EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5689464 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature