publication . Article . 2015

Habilidades pre-escolares de los niños nacidos prematuramente y con bajo peso

Name: Habilidades pre-escolares de los niños nacidos prematuramente y con bajo peso
Keywords: psychology, premature; low weight birth; visual motor integration; development, psicología, prematurez; nacimiento bajo peso; integración visual-motora; desarrollo, premature, low weight birth, visual motor integration, development, BF1-990

Frances Boulon Díaz; Leila Crespo Fernández; Irene Sumaza Laborde; Sasha A. Martínez-Espiet; Maribel Campos Rivera;

Open Access Spanish; Castilian

Published: 20 Dec 2015

Publisher: Instituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica - IPOPS

Summary

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the development among a group of pre-school children born premature and with low weight. We evaluated a group of four years old children; 20 children born prematurely and 20 children born after a full gestation and desired weight, using the Beery-Buktenica visual-motor integration test. We also administered the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) development test to all 40 mothers. Statistical analysis was performed using student t test for independent groups. The group of children born prematurely scored significantly lower on tests measuring visual perception skills (µ1 83.65 ; µ2 93.7) (p = 0.0001), visual-motor int...

doi: 10.24016/2015.v1n2.13

Subjects

free text keywords: psychology, premature; low weight birth; visual motor integration; development, psicología, prematurez; nacimiento bajo peso; integración visual-motora; desarrollo, premature, low weight birth, visual motor integration, development, BF1-990, Student's t-test, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine, Statistical analysis, Born premature, Risk indicators, Population, education.field_of_study, education, Fine motor, Gestation, Full Term

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