The effect of treatment on mental and psychomotor development of marasmic infants according to age of admission.
The mental and psychomotor development of severely malnourished infants were examined during nutritional and psychological treatment. There was a significant difference between younger and older infants in their response to the treatment. The older infants had a remarkable reduction of their psychomotor development at admission and showed a considerable recovery throughout treatment. The younger infants became more affected during hospitalisation. The bodyweight deficit had mostly recovered by the end of the treatment.
D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D009048:Motor Skills; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*