Conclusion : Positive clinical ly meaningful effects ( > 5 points ) are seen to an age of 36 months , but are no longer present at 5 years
Objective : To determine in a systematic review , whether interventions for infant development that involve parents , improve neurodevelopment at 12 months corrected age or older .
Impact of family structure and stability on academic outcome in preterm children at 10 years of age.
OBJECTIVE To compare school performance at age 10 years in a cohort of extremely preterm children and term control subjects and to examine the impact of family composition and stability on performance . STUDY DESIGN Prospect i ve , longitudinal follow-up from birth to 10 years of age of a regional cohort of children born at 24 to 31 weeks of gestational age and sociodemographically matched term control subjects .  Family composition , extent of parental care giving , and family moves were tracked sequentially . At 10 years , academic achievement and school performance were ascertained for 118 of 125 ( 94 % ) preterm survivors and 119 of 125 ( 95 % ) term children . RESULTS Term children were more likely to demonstrate optimal school outcome ( appropriate grade level without additional classroom assistance ) than were preterm children ( odds ratio 3.4 , 95 % CI 1.9 - 6.0 ) . Medical complications related to prematurity had little impact on school outcome . Among preterm children , optimal school outcome was significantly associated with increased parental education , child rearing by 2 parents ( regardless of marital status ) , and stability in family composition and geographic residence over 10 years . These environmental influences were less pronounced among term control subjects . CONCLUSION Although preterm children performed less well in school than term children , family factors were stronger predictors of school performance than were perinatal complications
Conclusion : Positive clinical ly meaningful effects ( > 5 points ) are seen to an age of 36 months , but are no longer present at 5 years
Objective : To determine in a systematic review , whether interventions for infant development that involve parents , improve neurodevelopment at 12 months corrected age or older .