Developmental pathways through childhood for children treated in a neonatal intensive care unit.
We report the findings of a longitudinal study of children who were treated in the neonatal intensive care units in 1975-78. Relationships are described between measures of conditions and treatments of both mothers and newborns during the perinatal period and measures representing motor, neurological, developmental, and ability functions of the children at 15 months, 4 years and 7 years. The results of multivariate and path analyses are presented in which a latent variable approach is used to characterize the covariation between signs, symptoms, and treatment in the perinatal period and the major dimensions of functioning at the follow-up occasions. Included among several noteworthy pathways between the latents of the various periods were ones from fetal distress, asphyxia, early crisis, intraventricular hemorrhage, anemia of prematurity, and number of days in the unit.
Ellison
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University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.
Foster
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D000367:Age Factors; D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009048:Motor Skills; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors