Title
Looking back in time: Outcome of a national cohort of very preterm infants born in The Netherlands in 1983
Author
Walther, F.J.
den Ouden, A.L.
Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
Publication year
2000
Abstract
In 1983, Dutch pediatricians collaborated on a national level and collected perinatal data on 1338 liveborn infants with a gestational age <32 weeks and/or a birthweight <1500 g (project on preterm and small for gestational age infants, POPS). Their outcome was assessed at 2 years of age by their pediatricians, at 5 years by a team of investigators, and at 9-14 years by questionnaires completed by parents, teachers, and children themselves. The overall picture that emerges from this 14-year follow-up is that a low percentage of these very preterm infants (10%) has a severe disability or handicap at school age. Although 90% of the children are without severe disabilities at school age, many of them meet serious difficulties in everyday life and the burden of mild developmental abnormalities, behavioral and learning disorders increases with age. In adolescents, it is likely that as many as 40% of the survivors will not be able to become fully independent adults. Abnormalities found during early, standardized clinical neurological examination are highly predictive for these later problems. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Subject
Health
Development
Disorders
Follow-up
Very preterm infants
Cohort analysis
Gestational age
Newborn
Newborn morbidity
Newborn mortality
Newborn period
Perinatal care
Prematurity
Prenatal growth
Very low birth weight
Birth Weight
Cohort Studies
Developmental Disabilities
Follow-Up Studies
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Learning Disorders
Mental Disorders
Netherlands
Neurologic Examination
Questionnaires
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-3782(00)00094-3
TNO identifier
280412
ISSN
0378-3782
Source
Early Human Development, 59 (3), 175-191
Document type
article