Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of School-aged Children Who Were Born Preterm

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02741934

2015-1927

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the cognitive and behavioral outcomes including image findings of school-aged children who were born preterm compared with who were born term gestational age.

Full description

There are lots of studies published that school-aged children who were born preterm has some behavioral problems in school and they also have poor academical achievement.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 9 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children former preterm infants < 32 weeks of gestation or 1,500gm of birth weight
• children former normal term infants

Exclusion criteria

• major congenital anomaly
• neuromuscular disease
• chromosomal anomaly

Trial design

111 participants in 2 patient groups

Preterm cohort

Description:

Among the infants who were born and admitted to Seoul National University Hospital from 2008 to 2009, the birth weight of the infants less than 1,500g or gestational age less than 32 weeks patients were enrolled.

Term control cohort

Description:

The infants who were born from 2008 to 2009 with term gestational age will be enrolled.