Prematurity and respiratory illness: Brazelton scale (NBAS) performance of preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), or no respiratory illness
| Autor: | Philip I. Markowitz, Gary Creasey, Kathryn W. Kerkering, Patricia A. Jarvis, Al M. Best, Barbara J. Myers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Respiratory distress business.industry Birth weight Respiratory disease Gestational age medicine.disease Developmental psychology Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Severity of illness Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Marital status business |
| Zdroj: | Infant Behavior and Development. 15:27-41 |
| ISSN: | 0163-6383 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0163-6383(92)90004-p |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to investigate how different levels of respiratory illness may influence the behavior of preterm infants on the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale. Three groups were used: prematures with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD; n = 14), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS; n = 17), and well prematures (n = 14). Across the three groups, infants did not differ in birth weight, gestational age, and five demographic measures of mothers' status: marital status, race, age, education, and socioeconomic status. The BPD group performed more poorly on the NBAS interactive and motor clusters. On several measures of degree of illness, the BPD infants were more ill throughout the neonatal period than the other two groups, and a composite “severity of illness” variable served as an effective predictor of NBAS performance. Family demographic measures did not predict NBAS performance. The results of this study confirm that degree of illness and medical complications and, specifically, respiratory illness, are powerful contributors to the behavioral organization of premature infants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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