Follow-up of preschool age survivors of neonatal intensive care.
High risk birth status is related to a number of subsequent deficits in development. Factors such as maternal education and economic status of the family are hypothesized to affect the development of high risk children. In this study preschool aged survivors (n = 18) of a neonatal intensive care nursery were compared to a randomly selected control sample (n = 18) on measures of intelligence, receptive language, and visual motor integration. No significant effects were found for birth status alone. A significant interaction between level of maternal education and birth status was found on the measure of intelligence.
D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007360:Intelligence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D009048:Motor Skills; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital; D012923:Social Class