Multi-domain cognitive impairments at school age in very preterm-born children compared to term-born peers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm infants are at risk for functional impairments in motor, cognitive, and behavioral development that may persist into childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the co-occurrence of cognitive impairments in multiple cognitive domains at school age in very preterm born children compared to term-born children.

Methods

Comparative study including 60 very preterm-born children (gestational age ≤ 32 weeks) and 120 term-born controls. At school age, we assessed intelligence with the WISC-III, and visuomotor integration with the NEPSY-II, verbal memory with the AVLT, attention with the TEA-ch, and executive functioning with the BRIEF. We investigated co-occurrence of various abnormal (<5th percentile) and suspect-abnormal (<15th percentile, including both s

SUBMITTER: Roze E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature