Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm babies of 1999-2009
| dc.contributor.author | Huggard, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Slevin, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vavasseur, C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-17T08:40:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-17T08:40:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Huggard D, Slevin M, Vavasseur C. Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm babies of 1999-2009. IMJ 2014 Jun 107 (6) | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/323262 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Bayley scale of infant development is employed as the performance indicator at 2 years corrected gestational age for high risk paediatric groups. We compare neurodevelopmental outcomes in two cohorts of VLBW infants born in 1999 to a cohort born a decade later, while also examining the challenges of direct comparison of modified scales: BSID-II (2nd edition of the scales) with Bayley III. BSID â II was used in the 1999 group and Bayley-III for the 2009 cohort. We demonstrated that over a ten year period there was an improvement in neurodevelopmental scores achieved in VLBW babies. Overall there was almost an 8 point increase in the cognitive scores from the 2009 cohort compared with the 1999 cohort in this time period. The mean motor score increased by 6 points when comparing 1999 and 2009. However we highlight the difficulties in comparing developmental scales, and consider whether Bayley-III overestimates developmental ability? | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal | en_GB |
| dc.subject | INFANT | en_GB |
| dc.subject | CHILD DEVELOPMENT | en_GB |
| dc.title | Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm babies of 1999-2009 | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Irish Medical Journal | en_GB |
| dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
| dc.description.province | Leinster | en |
| dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-24T11:22:37Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The Bayley scale of infant development is employed as the performance indicator at 2 years corrected gestational age for high risk paediatric groups. We compare neurodevelopmental outcomes in two cohorts of VLBW infants born in 1999 to a cohort born a decade later, while also examining the challenges of direct comparison of modified scales: BSID-II (2nd edition of the scales) with Bayley III. BSID â II was used in the 1999 group and Bayley-III for the 2009 cohort. We demonstrated that over a ten year period there was an improvement in neurodevelopmental scores achieved in VLBW babies. Overall there was almost an 8 point increase in the cognitive scores from the 2009 cohort compared with the 1999 cohort in this time period. The mean motor score increased by 6 points when comparing 1999 and 2009. However we highlight the difficulties in comparing developmental scales, and consider whether Bayley-III overestimates developmental ability? |
