Drawings of very preterm-born children at 5 years of age: a first impression of cognitive and motor development?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sasja Schepers &Maja Dekoviو & Max Feltzer & Martin de Kleine & Anneloes van Baar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
differences in drawing skills between very preterm and term children, and to determine whether very preterm children’s cognitive and motor development is reflected in the draw-a-person test (DAP) at age 5. Seventy-two very preterm children (birth weight <1,500 g and/or gestational age <32 weeks) and 60 term children at 5 years of age were compared on the DAP. Cognitive and motor skills of the very preterm children had been assessed four times, at 1/2, 1, 2, and 5 years of age. Very preterm children showed a developmental delay in drawing ability. Structural equation modeling revealed a positive relation between both cognitive as well as motor development and the DAP. Conclusion The DAP could be a crude parameter for evaluating cognitive and motor deficits of very preterm children. A worrisome result should be followed by more standardized tests measuring cognitive and motor skills.
Eur J Pediatr DOI 10.1007/s00431-011-1476-8 Received: 8 December 2010 / Accepted: 7 April 2011
