Gender Affects Early Psychomotor Milestones and Long-Term Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants

Autor/inn/en	Di Rosa, Gabriella; Pironti, Erica; Cucinotta, Francesca; Alibrandi, Angela; Gagliano, Antonella
Titel	Gender Affects Early Psychomotor Milestones and Long-Term Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 28 (2019) 1, (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Di Rosa, Gabriella)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.2110
Schlagwörter	Premature Infants; Gender Differences; Psychomotor Skills; Nonverbal Communication; Child Development; Neurology; Age Differences; Motor Reactions; Language Skills; Role; Profiles; Interpersonal Competence; Cognitive Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühgeburt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Kindesentwicklung; Neurologie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Rollen; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	Temporal differences of neurodevelopmental milestones' achievement are commonly taken into account in preterm infant assessment during the first year of life, especially when minor or none neurological signs arise from clinical examination. The influence of gender on neurodevelopment in preterm infants was examined by a milestones-based neurological approach. Two-hundred twenty-seven moderate and late preterm and full-term infants (51.9% male), without evidence of severe white matter insults, were early assessed by classic neurological examination. Griffiths Mental Developmental Scale was used at long-term observation. Children were sorted into three gestational age groups (Group 1: 32-33 weeks, Group 2: 34-36 weeks, and Group 3: =37 weeks) and compared according to their neurodevelopmental pathways and gender. The achievement of head control was slightly earlier in females. The pointing, one of the main communicative hand gesture, appeared significantly earlier in females across all the groups. At the Griffiths Scale, the majority of gender-related differences emerged in personal-social and eye and hand coordination subscale. An independent role of male gender was evidenced in personal-social, language, and eye and hand coordination subscales. Gender and gestational age likely addressed different temporal profiles of neurodevelopment in early and late assessments in preterm and full-term infants. The role of gender and gestational age on these findings has been discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01