PMID: 11605609Oct 19, 2001Paper

Early intervention promotes intellectual development of premature infants: a preliminary report. Early Intervention of Premature Infants Cooperative Research Group

Chinese Medical Journal
X BaoS Wei

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of early intervention on the intellectual development of the premature infants. Premature infants at gestational age of 28-36.9 weeks were randomly divided into two groups: intervention and conventional care groups. Normal newborn infants during the same period were included in the control group (routine care). Up to March 1996, 156 cases were over the age 1.5-2 years (corrected age), 52 in the intervention group, 51 in the conventional care group and 53 in the normal control group. Parents were taught to carry out the 0-2 year intervention program, which included motor, cognitive, speech development and social behavior. Every three months, height, weight and head circumference were measured. At the age of one and a half and two years, all infants in the three groups received infant development tests of Child Development Center of China (CDCC) scale. The examiner did not know which infant had received intervention. There was no significant difference in biological factors among the two premature groups and in cultural and social factors among the three groups. Intelligence tests at the age of one and a half and two years showed that the average mental development index (MDI) in the intervention group was ...Continue Reading

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