Journal article
Trends in executive functioning in extremely preterm children across 3 birth eras
AC Burnett, PJ Anderson, KJ Lee, G Roberts, LW Doyle, JLY Cheong, C Callanan, E Carse, MP Charlton, N Davis, J Duff, E Hutchinson, M Hayes, E Kelly, M McDonald, G Opie, A Watkins, A Williamson, H Woods
Pediatrics | AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background and Objectives: To determine if executive functioning outcomes at school age are different for extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g birth weight) children born in 1991 to 1992, 1997, and 2005 relative to their term-born peers. Methods: Population-based cohorts of all EP/ELBW survivors born in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1991 to 1992, 1997, and 2005, and contemporaneous controls (matched for expected date of birth, sex, mother's country of birth [English speaking or not], and health insurance status) were recruited at birth. At 7 to 8 years of age, parents of 613 children who were EP/ELBW and 564 children who were contro..
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Awarded by State Government of Victoria
Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Centre of Clinical Research Excellence grant [546519] and Centre of Research Excellence grant [1060733]; Dr Jeanie Cheong received the Early Career Fellowship grant [1053787], and Dr Peter Anderson received the Senior Research Fellowship grant [1081288]) and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funding sources had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for publication.