Age correction in cognitive, linguistic, and motor domains for infants born preterm: an analysis of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition developmental patterns

Abstract

Age correction with Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) for infants born preterm should be applied differently in cognitive, language, and motor domains. Using corrected age with Bayley-III, the motor skills are overrated. Correction for preterm births adequately measures cognitive skills. No clear indication emerged about language skills.

Effects of Correcting for Prematurity on Executive Function Scores of Children Born Very Preterm at School Age

“…The current study found weak evidence that the effect of age correction is more pronounced in very preterm children born before 28 weeks of gestation than in those born after. This is in contrast to previous studies that report greater differences between test scores based on uncorrected and corrected age at lower gestational ages when assessing motor and cognitive functioning of preterm individuals 3,4,9 . These studies reported effects to be largest in extremely premature children born at and below 28 weeks of gestation.…”

“…Clinicians usually do this by subtracting the number of weeks and days a child was born prematurely from the child's chronological age. These recommendations are based on and supported by numerous studies that report a substantial difference between test scores based on preterm infants' uncorrected and corrected age when assessing motor and cognitive development [3][4][5][6][7] . The effect of correcting for prematurity has been reported to be largest for those born extremely preterm but was also apparent in moderately and late preterm infants 8 .…”

Correcting for prematurity with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development

“…Morsan et al report for the first time on the appropriateness of the use of the corrected age for prematurity, exploring all the developmental domains of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Third Edition (Bayley‐III) and focusing on infants assessed at 12 months. They conclude that even at 12 months, the age correction for prematurity in low‐risk infants born preterm should be applied differently in the cognitive, language, and motor domains.…”

“…The study by Morsan et al lays the groundwork for future research. We hope that there will be further follow‐up to establish if their findings hold true when the infants are older.…”

Qualidade de interação mãe-bebê e o impacto nas habilidades do desenvolvimento infantil de crianças prematuras e a termo aos 3 meses de idade

“…A habilidade pessoal-social do TSDD-II avalia as reações pessoais da criança frente ao ambiente social que ela vivencia (FRANKBURG et al, 1992 LUPERI et al, 2016;RIBEIRO et al, 2016;RECHIA et al, 2016;ZAGO et al, 2017;CARNIEL et al, 2017;SANCHEZ et al, 2018;MARCHMAN et al, 2019;VANDORMAEL et al, 2019 , 2010;SANSAVINI et al, 2011;CALDAS et al, 2014;ZERBETO;CORTELO, FILHO et al, 2015;BENASSI et al, 2016;RIBEIRO et al, 2016;MONTEIRO-LUPERI et al, 2016;LOI et al, 2017;CARNIEL et al, 2017;ZUCCARINI et al, 2017;MORSAN;FANTONI;WHITE-TRAUT et al, 2018;TALLANDINI, 2018;SANCHEZ et al, 2018;BOURVIS et al, 2018 Outra consideração a ser feita em relação ao desenvolvimento da linguagem na população nascida pré-termo refere-se ao desenvolvimento de habilidades complexas relacionadas ao processamento de informações auditivas e visuais, imprescindíveis para as aquisições futuras envolvendo a linguagem oral e escrita, ou seja, como facilitadores da aprendizagem de processos sensoperceptivos que irão influenciar na futura aquisição da leitura e da escrita. Autores apontaram para a possibilidade de déficits tardios em crianças pré-termo, destacando prejuízos nas habilidades de atenção, atenção compartilhada, memória de trabalho e funções executivas (JONG et al, 2018;FENG et al, 2018;SANCHEZ et al, 2018;MARCHMAN et al, 2019).…”