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Neonatal measures of attention and early cognitive status
Author(s) -
Becker Patricia T.,
Lederman Regina P.,
Lederman Edward
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770120608
Subject(s) - bayley scales of infant development , infant development , cognition , psychology , cognitive development , child development , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive test , medicine , psychiatry , psychomotor learning
Measures of infant attention may be more indicative of cognitive status than scores from standardized developmental tests. The purpose of this study of 56 full‐term infants was to determine whether measures of attention taken from the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scales (NBAS) at 2 days and the Bayley Infant Behavior Record (IBR) at 2 months would be internally consistent and would be related to developmental status at 2 months. Attention measures were internally consistent. The IBR measure was significantly related to 2‐month developmental status; the NBAS measure was not. Results support attention as an important focus for nursing assessment of development.