School performance and behaviour in extremely preterm growth-retarded infants

• Published in: European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology 1999-09, Vol.86 (1), p.43-49
• Main Authors: Schaap, Arty H.P., Wolf, Hans, Bruinse, Hein W., Smolders-de Haas, Hetty, van Ertbruggen, Ingrid, Treffers, Pieter E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic performance; Behaviour; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Behavior; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Follow-Up Studies; Gestational Age; Growth retardation; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infant, Small for Gestational Age; Learning Disorders - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Medical sciences; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Preterm birth; Risk Factors
• ISSN: 0301-2115; 1872-7654
• DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00041-X

Objective: To describe school performance and behaviour of extremely preterm, growth-retarded infants. Design: Cohort study at two tertiary care centres. Included were all surviving, singleton infants ( N=127) with fetal growth retardation due to placental insufficiency. All were delivered by caesarean section because of signs of fetal distress before the beginning of labour at a gestational age of 26 to 32 weeks during the years 1984–1989. Main outcome measures were special education, mainstream education below the appropriate age level and behaviour according to attention-deficit hyperactivity criteria at school age (4 1 2 –10 1 2 yrs). The children were divided into two subgroups according to age at follow-up (≥7 1 2 and