Motor and Executive Function at 6 Years of Age After Extremely Preterm Birth

Marlow, Neil; Hennessy, Enid; Bracewell, Melanie A.; Wolke, Dieter

doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0440

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“…A number of studies have documented that many prematurely born children eventually experience visuoperceptive deficits such as problems with form orientation, visuo-motor integration, visual motion processing and attention (Jakobson et al 2006;Marlow et al 2007). The present study confirms this correlation between visual acuity on one hand and performance score (but not the verbal score) of the WPPSI-R test and fine and gross motor function of the ABC movement tests on the other.…”

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Visual function in 6 to 7 year‐old children born extremely preterm: a population‐based study

Haugen

Nepstad

Standal

et al. 2010

Acta Ophthalmologica

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ABSTRACT.Purpose: Progress in neonatal care has caused an increased survival of children born extremely preterm. The aims of this study were to examine the long-term visual function and ocular development in an unselected cohort of extremely preterm infants and relate the results to neonatal morbidity and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. Methods: All children with gestational age of 22-27 completed weeks or birth weight of 500-999 g born in the years 1999-2000 in two counties of Western Norway (n = 52) were invited to an eye examination that included visual acuity, refractive error, binocular function, accommodative amplitude and fundus examination. Cognitive function was assessed with the WPSSI-R test and motor abilities with the ABC movement test. Results: Neonatal morbidities and neurodevelopmental outcome were known for all, while 37 of the 52 children underwent the eye examination. None were blind or visually impaired, but 46% had subnormal visual acuity (logMAR ‡0.1). Ninety per cent were emmetropic or slightly hypermetropic (0 to +3D), while 10% had manifest and 51% latent strabismus. Performance IQ on the WPSSI-R test and ABC total score were associated with best visual acuity (p = 0.03 and p < 0.01, respectively). In a multiple linear regression model, visual acuity in the best eye was significantly associated with performance IQ (p = 0.03) and ABC total score (p = 0.02). Conclusion: This study suggests a more favourable long-term prognosis on important ocular and visual parameters in survivors of extreme prematurity than expected from similar reports on children born less prematurely and that performance IQ and motor function are related to visual acuity.

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Visual function in 6 to 7 year‐old children born extremely preterm: a population‐based study

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Nepstad

Standal

et al. 2010

Acta Ophthalmologica

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“…Extremely preterm children are at heightened risk of deficits in IQ, [1][2][3][4][5][6] attention, 7,8 executive function, 4,6,[9][10][11][12][13][14] processing speed, [15][16][17] visual perception, 6,14 and visual-motor function. 6,14 Neurocognitive deficits are accompanied by delays in academic attainment.…”

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“…6,14 Neurocognitive deficits are accompanied by delays in academic attainment. 6,[18][19][20] These deficits vary in their severity according to the degree of prematurity, whether measured by birth weight 6 or gestational age (GA).…”

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Neurocognitive and Academic Outcomes at Age 10 Years of Extremely Preterm Newborns

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for the ELGAN Study Investigators abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Despite reductions in mortality and morbidity among children born extremely preterm, they remain at high risk of neurocognitive deficits, with up to 40% having significant cognitive deficits at school age. We assessed the rate of neurocognitive impairment in a contemporary US cohort of 873 children aged 10 years who were born <28 weeks' gestation.

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“…Studies have suggested that early self-control abilities (e.g. inhibitory or effortful control) may mediate effects of preterm birth on cognitive outcomes [7,8] and later achievement [9,10]. Inhibitory control predicts the development of the executive attention network [11] and is related to children's executive functions (EFs), high-level cognitive abilities that allow humans to show adaptive, goal-directed behavior in complex situations [12].…”

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Preterm Toddlers' Inhibitory Control Abilities Predict Attention Regulation and Academic Achievement at Age 8 Years

Jaekel

Eryigit-Madzwamuse

Wolke

2016

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Original citation: Jaekel, Julia, Eryigit-Madzwamuse, Suna and Wolke, Dieter. (2015) Preterm toddlers' inhibitory control abilities predict attention regulation and academic achievement at age 8 years. The Journal of Pediatrics .doi: 10.1016Pediatrics .doi: 10. /j.jpeds.2015 Permanent WRAP url: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/74456 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work by researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. Study design. 558 children born at 26-41 weeks gestation were studied as part of a prospective geographically defined longitudinal investigation in Germany. Toddlers' inhibitory control abilities were observed at age 20 months. At 8 years, attention and academic abilities were assessed.Results. The lower children's gestational age, the lower their inhibitory control and the more likely they had poor attention regulation and low academic achievement. Adverse effects of preterm birth on attention and academic outcomes were partially mediated by toddlers' inhibitory control abilities.Conclusion. These findings of early inhibitory control abilities provide new information about the mechanisms linking preterm birth with long-term attention difficulties and academic underachievement.

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Motor and Executive Function at 6 Years of Age After Extremely Preterm Birth

Abstract: BACKGROUND. Studies of very preterm infants have demonstrated impairments in multiple neurocognitive domains. We hypothesized that neuromotor and executive-function deficits may independently contribute to school failure.

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Visual function in 6 to 7 year‐old children born extremely preterm: a population‐based study

Visual function in 6 to 7 year‐old children born extremely preterm: a population‐based study

Neurocognitive and Academic Outcomes at Age 10 Years of Extremely Preterm Newborns

Preterm Toddlers' Inhibitory Control Abilities Predict Attention Regulation and Academic Achievement at Age 8 Years

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