title: Infant behavioral assessment and intervention program in very low birth weight infants improves independency in mobility at preschool age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of the Infant Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Program(©) (IBAIP) in very low birth weight infants on sensory processing and daily activities at preschool age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follow-up of children included in a randomized controlled trial. Eighty-six infants were enrolled in post-discharge IBAIP until 6 months corrected age, and 90 infants received standard care. At 3.5 years of age, the Sensory Profile-Dutch version (SP-NL) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Dutch version (PEDI-NL) were administered. For comparison, parents of 41 term-born children also completed the SP-NL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-six children (88%) in the IBAIP group and 75 children (83%) children in the control group were examined at 44 months corrected age. After adjustment for pre-randomization differences in perinatal characteristics, the IBAIP group outperformed the control group significantly on SP-NL domains of oral sensory processing and sensory processing related to endurance/tone and PEDI-NL domains of mobility. The control group only scored significantly lower than the term group on the SP-NL domain endurance/tone. The very low birth weight groups performed significantly below the PEDI-NL's norm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In line with the positive developmental effects of the IBAIP until 24 months corrected age, independency in mobility in daily activities was improved at 3.5 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.j.verkerk@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Gijs
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verkerk
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeukens-Visser
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koldewijn
authors.forename: Aleid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Wassenaer
authors.forename: Bregje
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Houtzager
authors.forename: Joke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nollet
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D016037:Single-Blind Method