Association of Socioeconomic Status and Brain Injury With Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Very Preterm Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Studies of socioeconomic status and neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm neonates have not sensitively accounted for brain injury.

Objective

To determine the association of brain injury and maternal education with motor and cognitive outcomes at age 4.5 years in very preterm neonates.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study of preterm neonates (24-32 weeks' gestation) recruited August 16, 2006, to September 9, 2013, at British Columbia Women's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Analysis of 4.5-year outcome was performed in 2018.

Main outcomes and measures

At age 4.5 years, full-scale IQ assessed using the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scale of Intelligence, Fourth Edition, and motor outcome by the percentile score on the Movemen

SUBMITTER: Benavente-Fernandez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503490 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature