The Neurobehavioral Phenotype of School-Aged, Very Prematurely Born Children with No Serious Neurological Sequelae: A Quality of Life Predictor.

ABSTRACT: School-aged extremely preterm (EPT) children have multiple specific neurocognitive/behavioral disorders that are often associated with other disorders; this manifests a true neurobehavioral "phenotype" of prematurity. To determine a profile of cognitive/behavioral impairments in a population of school-aged EPT children (7-10 years-old) without major disabilities, a cross-sectional study was conducted in five medical centers. An algorithm distributed the study population according to four WISC-IV subtests, five NEPSY-2 subtests, and two variables of figure of Rey. The behavior (SDQ), anxiety (Spielberg STAI-C), and generic QoL (Kidscreen 10 and VSP-A) were also evaluated. The study included 231 school-aged EPT children. Three neurobehavioral "phenotypes" were defined according to their seve

SUBMITTER: Tosello B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622308 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature