Behavioural and emotional problems in very preterm and very low birthweight infants at age 5 years.
- Reijneveld, S.A.
- Kleine, M.J. de
- Baar, A.L. van
- Kollee, L.A.A.
- Verhaak, C.M.
- Verhulst, F.C.
- Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
DOIAbstract
BACKGROUND: Children born very preterm (VP; <32 weeks' gestation) or with very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 g; hereafter called VP/VLBW) are at risk for behavioural and emotional problems during school age and adolescence. At school entrance these problems may hamper academic functioning, but evidence on their occurrence at this age in VP/VLBW children is lacking. AIM: To provide information on academic functioning of VP/VLBW children and to examine the association of behavioural and emotional problems with other developmental problems assessed by paediatricians. Design, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A cohort of 431 VP/VLBW children aged 5 years (response rate 76.1%) was compared with two large national samples of children of the same age (n =...
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