Premature infants are at risk for developmental delay. We assessed the psychomotor development of children born before 37 weeks of gestation.?Methods:?This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Pedi...Premature infants are at risk for developmental delay. We assessed the psychomotor development of children born before 37 weeks of gestation.?Methods:?This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Pediatric Department of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital from January to May 2018. We used the Denver II scale to assess the psychomotor development of children born premature aged 9 months to 6 years. Children born between January 2012 and April 2017 at a gestational age strictly below 37 weeks of gestation were included. Using logistic regression, we searched for perinatal factors associated with abnormalities of psychomotor developmental.?Results:?We included 50 children in our study, 60% of whom were boys, giving a sex ratio of 1.5. The mean age was 25 ± 19.5 months. The mean gestational age was 33 ± 2.2 weeks and the mean birth weight was 2178.68 ± 748.01 g. The average Developmental Quotient of the population was 108. Six children (12%) had a global developmental delay (DQ ?70), 22% of the children had a language delay. Convulsion was associated with motor delay (OR = 16;P = 0.03), and pregnancy monitoring a protective factor for language delay (P = 0.02).?Conclusion:?Improving perinatal care remains a preoccupying issue. The assessment of psychomotor development should be done until early childhood to enable early diagnosis of learning disabilities.展开更多
文摘Premature infants are at risk for developmental delay. We assessed the psychomotor development of children born before 37 weeks of gestation.?Methods:?This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Pediatric Department of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital from January to May 2018. We used the Denver II scale to assess the psychomotor development of children born premature aged 9 months to 6 years. Children born between January 2012 and April 2017 at a gestational age strictly below 37 weeks of gestation were included. Using logistic regression, we searched for perinatal factors associated with abnormalities of psychomotor developmental.?Results:?We included 50 children in our study, 60% of whom were boys, giving a sex ratio of 1.5. The mean age was 25 ± 19.5 months. The mean gestational age was 33 ± 2.2 weeks and the mean birth weight was 2178.68 ± 748.01 g. The average Developmental Quotient of the population was 108. Six children (12%) had a global developmental delay (DQ ?70), 22% of the children had a language delay. Convulsion was associated with motor delay (OR = 16;P = 0.03), and pregnancy monitoring a protective factor for language delay (P = 0.02).?Conclusion:?Improving perinatal care remains a preoccupying issue. The assessment of psychomotor development should be done until early childhood to enable early diagnosis of learning disabilities.
