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Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Vol. 2015(11) · pp. CD005495–CD005495

Alicia J. Spittle✉(University of Melbourne)Jane Orton(Royal Women's Hospital)Peter J. Anderson(Murdoch Children's Research Institute)Roslyn N. Boyd(University of Queensland)Lex W. Doyle(University of Melbourne)

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Abstract

Early intervention programmes for preterm infants have a positive influence on cognitive and motor outcomes during infancy, with cognitive benefits persisting into preschool age. A great deal of heterogeneity between studies was due to the variety of early developmental intervention programmes tested and to gestational ages of included preterm infants; thus, comparisons of intervention programmes were limited. Further research is needed to determine which early developmental interventions are most effective in improving cognitive and motor outcomes, and to discern the longer-term effects of these programmes.

Infant Development and Preterm Care Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Neonatal and fetal brain pathologyMedicinePediatricsGestational agePsychological interventionLow birth weightIntraventricular hemorrhagePeriventricular leukomalaciaIntervention (counseling)PregnancyPsychiatry

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Birth WeightCerebral PalsyCognition DisordersGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Premature, DiseasesMovement DisordersPatient DischargePsychomotor DisordersRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicEarly Intervention, EducationalMotor Skills Disorders

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