A Follow-Up Study of Cognitive Development in Low Risk Preterm Children

Miguel Pérez-Pereira, María Pilar Fernández, María Luisa Gómez-Taibo, Zeltia Martínez-López and Constantino Arce
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Miguel Pérez-Pereira: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
María Pilar Fernández: Department of Psychology, University of A Coruña, 15190 A Coruña, Spain
María Luisa Gómez-Taibo: Department of Psychology, University of A Coruña, 15190 A Coruña, Spain
Zeltia Martínez-López: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Constantino Arce: Deparment of Social, Basic and Methodological Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: The results of a longitudinal study on the cognitive development of one group of full-term and three groups of low risk preterm children with different gestational ages (GA) are presented. The 181 participants were divided into four GA groups of similar size. The aims were: 1) To check if there are differences in cognitive development (measured through the Batelle scale) among the GA groups. 2) To establish the predictive factors of cognitive development at 22 and 60 months of age, taking into account biomedical, environmental and individual factors. The results of the repeated measures ANOVA performed at 22 and 60 months of age indicated that the cognitive trajectories of the four GA groups were similar. Linear regression analyses showed that the effect of the different predictors changed in relation to the time of measurement of cognitive development. Biological factors and the quality of home environment had a moderate effect on the cognitive development at 22 months of age. Cognitive results obtained at 22 months of age, and, to a lesser extent, working memory had the greatest effect on cognitive development at 60 months. GA does not predict cognitive development. Preterm children do not show cognitive delay if they are healthy.

Keywords: preterm children; cognitive development; predictive factors; longitudinal study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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