Educational and Social Competencies at 8 Years in Children With Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity in the CRYO-ROP Multicenter Study

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) 2004-04, Vol.113 (4), p.790-799
• Main Authors: Msall, Michael E, Phelps, Dale L, Hardy, Robert J, Dobson, Velma, Quinn, Graham E, Summers, C. Gail, Tremont, Michelle R, Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Autistic Disorder - complications; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight; Birth weight, Low; Care and treatment; Cerebral Palsy - complications; Child; Child development deviations; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Cryotherapy; Developmental disabilities; Developmental Disabilities - complications; Developmental Disabilities - rehabilitation; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Education, Special - statistics & numerical data; Educational Status; Epilepsy - complications; General aspects; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Health aspects; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; Infants (Premature); Logistic Models; Low birth weight; Medical sciences; Ophthalmology; Pediatrics; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Premature birth; Premature infants; Prospective Studies; Retinopathies; Retinopathy of Prematurity - complications; Retinopathy of Prematurity - therapy; Risk Factors; Social Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Special education; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survivors
• ISSN: 0031-4005; 1098-4275
• DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.4.790

To describe the educational status and special education services at 8 years among children who had threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). A prospective study was conducted of a cohort of children who had birth weight of