Abstract

RODRIGUES, Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim; PEREIRA, Veronica Aparecida; PEREZIN, Gabriella Passos  and  SANTOS, Janaína Senhorini dos. Effect of gestational age on the development of preterm babies during the first year. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.2, pp. 157-174. ISSN 1677-2970.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32467/issn.2175-3628v23n2a11.

The aim was to evaluate the effect of gestational age on the development of preterm babies. A total of 191 babies participated, who were evaluated with the Adapted Operationalized Portage Inventory (IPAB), at six, nine and twelve months. The babies and their families attended an Early Intervention program in a country town in the state of São Paulo - Brazil. The scores observed for the five areas of the IPAB were closer to the expected at 12 months. At this age, it was also observed that the effect of prematurity was smaller, even for babies born at a lower gestational age. The importance of participating in Early Intervention programs as early as possible, remaining throughout early childhood, is highlighted.

Keywords : premature birth; assessment of child development; Portage Inventory.

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