Title
Neurocognitive function of 10-year-old multiples born less than 28 weeks of gestational age
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
2019-02-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Pediatrics | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Few studies have examined the relationship between birth plurality and neurocognitive function among children born extremely preterm.
STUDY DESIGN: We compared rates of Z-scores < /=-2 on 18 tests of neurocognitive function and academic achievement at age 10 years in 245 children arising from twin pregnancies, 55 from triplet pregnancies, and 6 from a septuplet pregnancy to that of 568 singletons, all of whom were born before the 28th week of gestation.
RESULTS: In total, 874 children were evaluated at the age of 10 years. After adjusting for confounders, children of multifetal pregnancies performed significantly better on one of six subtests of executive function than their singleton peers. Performance was similar on all other assessments of intelligence, language, academic achievement, processing speed, visual perception, and fine motor skills.
CONCLUSION: We found no evidence that children born of multifetal pregnancies had worse scores than their singleton peers on assessments of neurocognitive and academic function.
Keywords
neurocognitive function, executive function, functional development, intelligence, academic achievement, multi-fetal pregnancy, twin pregnancy
DOI of Published Version
10.1038/s41372-018-0273-x
Source
Logan JW, Allred EN, Msall ME, Joseph RM, Michael O'Shea TT, Heeren T, Leviton A, Kuban KCK; ELGAN Study Investigators. Neurocognitive function of 10-year-old multiples born less than 28 weeks of gestational age. J Perinatol. 2019 Feb;39(2):237-247. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0273-x. Epub 2018 Nov 21. PMID: 30464222; PMCID: PMC6351188. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
Related Resources
PubMed ID
30464222
Repository Citation
Logan JW, Allred EN, Msall ME, Joseph RM, Michael O'Shea TT, Heeren T, Leviton A, Kuban KC, Frazier JA, Venuti L, Powers B, Foley AM, Dessureau BK, Wood M, ELGAN Study Investigators. (2019). Neurocognitive function of 10-year-old multiples born less than 28 weeks of gestational age. Psychiatry Publications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-018-0273-x. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/943
Comments
The ELGAN Study Investigators for the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA: Jean Frazier, Lauren Venuti, Beth Powers, Ann Foley, Brian Dessureau, Molly Wood, Jill Damon-Minow.