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School-age human figure drawings by very preterm infants: Validity of the Draw-a-Man test to detect behavioral and
C Chollat1, A Joly2, E Houivet3
1Department of neonatal pediatrics and intensive care-neuropediatrics, Rouen university hospital, 1, rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France; INSERM U1245, Normandie university, UNIROUEN, Rouen university hospital, 22, boulevard Gambetta, 76183 Rouen, France; Department of neonatal intensive care, Port-Royal university hospital, AP-HP, 123, boulevard Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Detecting an abnormal developmental trajectory in very preterm infants remains challenging. The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between the Draw-a-Man test (DAMT) and behavioral and cognitive disabilities in very preterm infants. From the school-age follow-up of the Premag study, which evaluated the neuroprotective effect of prenatal magnesium sulfate before 33 weeks of gestation, 281 human figure drawings were assessed (mean age, 11 years). Behavioral and cognitive disabilities were associated with delayed DAMTs but test performance indicators were insufficient to use DAMT as a screening or a diagnostic test.
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