Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19148113›Full record

SynthesisJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2009

Early interventions involving parents to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants: a meta-analysis.

J A Vanderveen, D Bassler, C M T Robertson, H Kirpalani

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Synthesis in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Social-environmental moderators of neurodevelopmental outcomes in youth born preterm: A systematic review.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

J A VanderveenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
D Bassler
C M T Robertson
H Kirpalani

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine in a systematic review, whether interventions for infant development that involve parents, improve neurodevelopment at 12 months corrected age or older. STUDY

designRandomized trials were identified where an infant intervention was aimed to improve development and involved parents of preterms; and long-term neurodevelopment using standardized tests at 12 months (or longer) was reported.

resultIdentified studies (n=25) used a variety of interventions including parent education, infant stimulation, home visits or individualized developmental care. Meta-analysis at 12 months (N=2198 infants) found significantly higher mental (N=2198) and physical (N=1319) performance scores favoring the intervention group. At 24 months, the mental (N=1490) performance scores were improved, but physical (N=1025) performance scores were not statistically significant. The improvement in neurodevelopmental outcome was not sustained at 36 months (N=961) and 5 years (N=1017).

conclusionPositive clinically meaningful effects (>5 points) are seen to an age of 36 months, but are no longer present at 5 years.

Indexed as

Early Intervention, EducationalInfant, PrematureChild DevelopmentDevelopmental DisabilitiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantInfant BehaviorInfant CareInfant, NewbornIntellectual DisabilityMaleNeurologyParent-Child RelationsParenting

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PMID19148113

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