title: [Effects of socio-environmental factors on neurocognitive performance in premature or low-birth weight preschoolers].
abstract: Severely preterm neonates (gestational age < or = 32 weeks) and/or very low birth weight (VLBW, with weight at birth < or = 1500 g) are 2% of all newborns, with a rising incidence due to the increase of multiple gestations and of pregnancies at advanced age. These neonates may be affected by severe neurological pathologies (6-10% of cases), but they often have minor disabilities (such as distractibility, hyperactivity, learning and social competence disabilities, deficit of motor development) difficult to be early diagnosed, and frequently recognized only at pre-school or school age. A review of the current knowledge about the effects of potential risk factors responsible for deficits of neurocognitive development in pre-school age and for postnatal distress of mothers, and their inter-correlations, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Fisiopatologia di Organo e di Sistema, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarotti
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Castignani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puopolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Menniti-Ippolito
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minniti De Simeonibus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Paolo
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D004777:Environment; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D012961:Sociology
vernacular_title: Effetti dei fattori socio-ambientali sugli esiti neurocognitivi in età prescolare dei bambini con prematurità o basso peso alla nascita.