Cognitive Function, Emotional and Behavioral Problems, and Temperament of Premature Children
- Author:
Dong hyun AHN
1
;
Aran MIN
;
Kangryul KIM
;
Kyung ah KIM
;
Mi Young OH
;
Hyun Ju LEE
;
Hyun Kyung PARK
;
Hyewon PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Preterm; Korean Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; Cognitive function; Emotional and behavioral problems; Temperament
- MeSH: Checklist; Child Behavior; Child; Cognition; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Problem Behavior; Reward; Temperament
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2019;30(1):34-41
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare preterm, neurodevelopmentally disordered and healthy full-term children. METHODS: We enrolled 47 children who were born preterm, 40 neurodevelopmentally disordered children, and 80 healthy children as control participants, in order to assess the cognitive functioning and the risk of behavioral problems at the age of 5. Children were assessed using the Korean Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-4th edition (K-WPPSI-IV), the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). RESULTS: The mean K-WPPSI-IV score of the preterm group was 87.19±17.36, which was significantly higher than that of the neurodevelopmental disorder group (69.98±28.63; p < 0.001) but lower than that of the control group (107.74±14.21; p < 0.001). The cumulative CBCL scores of the preterm children were not significantly different from those of the control group. Additionally, the TCI scores for reward dependence of the preterm children were higher than those of the control group. CONCLUSION: The cognitive performance of preterm infants was lower than that of healthy full-term infants at the age of 5, and there was an association between slower growth and decreased cognitive ability.
