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Developmental Peculiarities of Prematurely Born Children with Birth‐weight Below 1250 g.
Author(s) -
JanusKukulska Aleksandra,
Lis Stanistawa
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1966.tb01749.x
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , birth weight , pediatrics , psychology , gestation , developmental psychology , mental development , medicine , pregnancy , quarter (canadian coin) , physical development , history , genetics , archaeology , biology
SUMMARY In follow‐up examinations of 67 premature children with a birth‐weight of 1250 g. or less, physical and psychological status was evaluated. Retarded or handicapped development, both physical and mental, was found in half the group, eye defects in one‐third, and neurological disorders in a quarter. The course of pregnancy appeared to have a considerable influence on later development, but length of gestation, although related to development in some cases, was not a determining factor. The degree of maturity at birth, evaluated by Harnack's method, has no definite influence on later development. Prognosis in the newborn period, on the basis of observed signs of nervous system damage and disturbances of the respiratory system, is uncertain. A relationship was observed between developmental achievements and the family's socio‐economic status. In most cases, good achievements were connected with good socio‐economic status. The psychological examinations revealed many behaviour disorders. These were commonest in cases of abnormal parental attitudes, but were sometimes present where the parents' attitudes seemed normal.