Neurobehavioral conditions and effects of gender, weight and severity in preterm infants according to the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
Autor: | Carme Costas-Moragas, Francesc Botet-Mussons, Alicia Alvarez-Garcia, Albert Fornieles-Deu |
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Přispěvatelé: | Universitat de Barcelona |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty prematuridad lcsh:BF1-990 Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale Pes corporal neuroconducta neonatal Developmental psychology Infants prematurs medicine NBAS Neurologia dels nadons Habituation Risk factor General Psychology Neonatologia Full Term Premature infants Neonatal neurology prematurity neonatal neurobehavior Gestational age Body weight evaluación desarrollo neonatal lcsh:Psychology neonatal development assessment Neonatology Psychology Neonatal behavioral assessment scale |
Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona Anales de Psicología v.31 n.3 2015 SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud instname Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya Anales de Psicología, Vol 31, Iss 3, Pp 818-824 (2015) |
Popis: | The increasing number of preterm babies in recent years has raised interest in studying the consequences of prematurity as a risk factor. In the present paper, 30 preterm babies (at 40 weeks of gestational age (GA)) were assessed using the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale and the results were compared with those of a control group of 28 full term babies. Moreover, the influence of weight, sex and GA was analyzed considering the Brazelton results in the preterm group.The preterm group showed significantly lower scores than the control group for 9 of the 28 behavioral items in the Scale and for 2 of the 5 clusters. However, preterm babies performed better in habituation to disturbing stimuli (light and sound) during sleep. In relation to the influence of sex, premature girls performed better in the Social-Interactive cluster.The preterm group has lower neurobehavioral conditions than the full term group, probably due to the abrupt interruption of their intrauterine maturation. In contrast, they showed a better ability of habituation, maybe as a consequence of a learning effect due to earlier additional extrauterine exposition. |
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