Attention and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: Bayesian analyses of a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Very preterm (VP) infants (born 28 to <32 weeks of gestation) are at risk of cognitive delays and lower educational attainments. These risks are linked to anomalies in attention and information processing that emerge in the first years of life. Early interventions targeting attention functioning may equip VP infants with key building blocks for later attainments.

Methods

We tested the feasibility of a randomised trial where VP infants took part in a computerised cognitive procedure to train attention control. Ten healthy VP infants aged approximately 12 months (corrected age) and randomly allocated with 1:1 ratio to the training (interactive computerised presentations) or an active control procedure completed the study. Before and after the training programme, par

SUBMITTER: Perra O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9499320 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature