title: APPEARANCE OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN DELIVERED POST-TERM: A CROSS-SECTION STUDY.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the appearance of neurodevelopmental disorders in children delivered post-term and to find out whether prolonged pregnancy may be a cause of such disorders in a selected group participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included a cohort of 34 children born post-term suffering from neurodevelopmental disorders who were treated at the Service for psycho-physiological and speaking disorders in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina during an 18-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 59.4% of male and 40.6% female patients (P=0.002). The most common neurodevelopmental disorder in the sample was intellectual disability (38.2%), followed by epilepsy (26.4%), delayed psychomotor development (14.7%), and cerebral palsy (11.7%) (P<0.001). The correlation between mothers' parity and post-term delivery was found (P=0.016).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Post-term delivery may be the cause of neurodevelopmental disorders. The most common disorder among them were intellectual difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Mladenka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vukojevic
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dubrovnik General Hospital, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Trninic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Arta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dodaj
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Hospital Center "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Masa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malenica
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mostar University Clinical Hospital, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barisic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stojic
keywords: neurodevelopmental disorders; post-term delivery