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Descriptive study of schoolchildren from Concepción province with story of extreme prematurity

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5346.2017.48142

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Introduction: Monitoring of preterm infants reveals a high frequency of learning difficulties, attentional deficit, limited development of neuropsychological functions, and school performance problems, in a percentage higher than their born full-term pairs. Objective: To describe the neuropsychological functions, visual-motor integration, psychomotor development and school performance of children with story of extreme prematurity. Method: Non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive research. Forty-three premature infants weighting less than 1500 grs and/or 32 weeks of gestation were included, without neurological, sensorial or cognitive diagnosis. Parents signed informed consent document and data were collected through Child Neuropsychological Assessment - ENI, Visual-motor Integration Assessment - VMI, Parent Questionnaire, and School Report Card. Results:Research findings partially coincide in part with global problems reported in the literature; the extreme preterm ones obtained low scores in neuropsychological evaluation as: memory of coding and evocation, visual and auditory attention, conceptual skills and executive functions. Group performance is disharmonious with high heterogeneity in results. Difficulties were reported in the accomplishment of school tasks; however the group in study exhibits average of normal school grades. The performance in evaluation of visual-motor integration was normal. No differences attributable to socioeconomic status or gender were found

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extreme prematurity, neuropsychological functions, visual-motor integration, psychomotor development, school performance

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Avilés M.S., C., & Madariaga, P. (2018). Descriptive study of schoolchildren from Concepción province with story of extreme prematurity. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 17(2), 157–168. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5346.2017.48142
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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