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 .
Developmental intervention for low birth weight infants: improved early development outcome.
This prospect i ve longitudinal study was design ed to evaluate the effects of a multidisciplinary infant development program ( IDP )  on the mental and physical development of low birth weight infants ( less than 1,800 g ) . Infants in the neonatal intensive care were r and omly assigned to the IDP or to traditional care ( control group ) . IDP infants received developmental interventions in the hospital and at home through the first 2 years of life . Counseling and parenting education were provided to their parents during this same period . The control group received all the postnatal care and referrals customarily given in traditional care . Both IDP and control infants were enrolled in an independent follow-up program , which used the Bayley Scales of Infant Development in a blind evaluation design . The IDP group had a significantly lower incidence of developmental delay ( P less than .05 ) and scored significantly higher than the control group ( P less than .05 ) on mean mental and physical indices at 12 and 24 months of adjusted age
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 .