Journal article
Biological and environmental factors as predictors of language skills in very preterm children at 5 years of age
K Howard, G Roberts, J Lim, KJ Lee, N Barre, K Treyvaud, J Cheong, RW Hunt, TE Inder, LW Doyle, PJ Anderson
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | Published : 2011
Abstract
Objective: Language problems are thought to occur more frequently in very preterm children compared with healthy term born children. The primary aim of this study was to examine the contributions of biological and environmental risk factors to language outcomes in very preterm children at 5 years of age. Methods: A cohort of 227 very preterm infants (birth weight <1250 g or gestational age <30 weeks) were recruited at birth and followed up at 2 and 5 years of age (corrected for prematurity) in a prospective, longitudinal study in Melbourne, Australia. Outcomes at 5 years of age were the Expressive and Receptive Language Scales from the Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills. A ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Awarded by Academy of Finland (AKA)
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council, project grant 237117; training fellowship 284568 (to P.J.A.); senior research fellowship 628371 (to P.J.A.); The Royal Women's Hospital Research Foundation; the Brockhoff Foundation; and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.