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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Factors associated with the socioemotional development of preterm infants
Cynthia Ribeiro Nascimento Nunes1, Vivian Mara Gonçalves Oliveira Azevedo2, Nathalia Faria Freitas1
1Child and Adolescent Health Program of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Abstract:
Preterm birth is a risk factor for problems in interactions with others. We compared the difference in socioemotional development between hospital discharge and at six months of corrected age of infants born ≤32 weeks and assessed the impact of maternal and infantile factors on socioemotional development rate within a 6 month's period. Mother-child dyads (n = 144) were assessed by the Mother-Baby Observation Protocol 0-6 months through a video microanalysis. Multivariate model was built. Neonatal, maternal and child factors were associated with interactive gaze, initiate contact, responsiveness, infantile vocalization, and thus contributed to the socioemocional development of preterm infants with their mothers.
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