@article{ref1,
title="School performance and neurodevelopment of very low birth weight preterm infants: first report from Turkey",
journal="Journal of child neurology",
year="2015",
author="Koç, Özden and Kavuncuoglu, Sultan and Ramoğlu, Mehmet and Aldemir, Esin and Aktalay, Ayşegül and Eras, Zeynep",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="170-176",
abstract="Very low birth weight preterm infants are under significant risk of neurologic, developmental, and somatic problems. In this study, 90 infants born with a birth weight <1500 g and/or with a gestational age <32 weeks were evaluated after the first year of elementary school to assess neurodevelopment. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) test, Pediatric Symptom Checklist, and Parent Evaluation of Developmental Status were performed. Mental retardation, cerebral palsy, blindness, epilepsy, and posthemorrhagic hydrocephaly incidences were 14%, 7%, 2%, 5%, and 2%, respectively. The WISC-R score of 32 patients (35.5%) were below 85. Perinatal asphyxia, abnormal neurologic examination, and delayed or impaired speech correlated significantly with low WISC-R scores. Education and income of the father had positive impact on WISC-R scores (P =.042 and P =.026). Parents' concern and presence of cognitive problems were correlated (P =.026). Environmental factors, as well as the prevention of morbidity, affected school performance positively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-0738",
doi="10.1177/0883073815587028",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073815587028"
}