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 .
Improving cognitive development of low-birth-weight premature infants with the COPE program: a pilot study of the benefit of early NICU intervention with mothers.
The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-focused intervention program ( COPE ) on infant cognitive development and maternal coping . A r and omized clinical trial was conducted with 42 mothers of low-birth-weight ( LBW ) premature infants hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit ( NICU ) , with follow-up at 3 months ' and 6 months ' corrected ages . COPE mothers received the four-phase educational-behavioral program that began 2 - 4 days postbirth and continued through 1 week following discharge from the NICU . Comparison mothers received audiotaped information during the same four time frames . Results indicated that COPE infants had significantly higher mental development scores at a 3 months ' corrected age ( M = 100.3 ) than did the comparison infants ( M = 93.9 ) , and this difference widened at 6 months ' corrected age , with COPE infants scoring 14 points higher . COPE mothers were significantly less stressed by the NICU sights and sounds and had significantly stronger beliefs about what behaviors and characteristics to expect from their premature infants . Findings from this study support the need for further testing of early NICU interventions with parents to determine their effectiveness on parental coping and infant developmental outcomes
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 .