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 .
Nursery-based intervention with prematurely born babies and their mothers: are there effects?
The effects of nursery-based intervention with healthy , prematurely born babies and their socially disadvantaged mothers were evaluated . Mother-infant dyads were r and omly assigned to one of three intervention groups : In group one , the babies received special stimulation design ed to make them more active contributors to the interactions with their mothers ; in group two , mothers received special training to help them become more responsive to cues from their babies ; in group three , infants received stimulation and mothers received training . In addition , a fourth group of preterm babies who received regular hospital care served as a comparison group to assess the short-term effects of the stimulation program . Outcome measures design ed to evaluate various aspects of mother-infant interaction and infant development failed to reflect any effects of the interventions , either at the time the babies were discharged from the hospital or one year later . We attribute the lack of positive findings to the fact that the mothers faced numerous crises in their social environments . We conclude , therefore , that nothing short of massive social change is likely to result in measurable effects
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 .