Kindheit und Entwicklung
Volume 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 225-235

Migration background as a risk factor for the development of preterm-birth children at the age of 2 years [Studien: Migrationshintergrund als Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung Frühgeborener im Alter von zwei Jahren] (Article)

Schoberer A. , Dörr R. , Schoberer M. , Orlikowsky T. , Häusler M. , Hoberg K.
  • a Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum der Sektion Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Schneebergweg o.Nr., Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • b Sektion Neonatologie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • c Sektion Neonatologie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • d Sektion Neonatologie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • e Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum der Sektion Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Schneebergweg o.Nr., Aachen, 52074, Germany
  • f Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum der Sektion Neuropädiatrie und Sozialpädiatrie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Schneebergweg o.Nr., Aachen, 52074, Germany

Abstract

As part of the "Aachen Longitudinal Clinical Follow-Up of Preterm Infants," 199 preterm infants (< 32 weeks' gestational age and/or < 1,500 g) born between 2007 and 2011 underwent a neurodevelopmental assessment using the Bayley II at 2 years corrected age. Data were analyzed retrospectively looking at the correlation of cognitive outcome at 2 years and migration background. No difference in sex, medical complications, gestational age, and clinical care during hospitalization was found between children with (42 %) or without (58%) migration background. The Aachen longitudinal cohort had a median mental developmental index (MDI) of 83.3 (SD 17.4), 1 SD below the average of the reference population, which is in accordance with previous findings. Children with migration background had an MDI of 10 points below children without migration background, which was primarily influenced by familial risk factors. Familial risk factors as well as birth weight showed the greatest impact on cognitive development in our cohort. Migration background also influenced cognitive outcome at 2 years of age. Preterm infants with migration background should be recognized as a particular risk group in order to be able to support their development in early childhood in a more differentiated way. © Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen 2015.

Author Keywords

Cognitive outcome Preterm Bayley II Migration (background) Family risk factors

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84942057379&doi=10.1026%2f0942-5403%2fa000178&partnerID=40&md5=e6ba54346eca5d122033585355fed533
DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000178
ISSN: 09425403
Cited by: 1
Original Language: German