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SynthesisPediatric research2023

Parental cognitive stimulation in preterm-born children's neurocognitive functioning during the preschool years: a systematic review.

Paige M Nelson, Ö Ece Demir-Lira

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Synthesis in Pediatric research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Early medical risks to language development in extremely preterm infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Paige M NelsonDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA, USA. paige-nelson@uiowa.edu.
Ö Ece Demir-LiraDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA, USA.

Funding

University of Iowa Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (Hawk-IDDRC)P50HD103556 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI EDWIN TED G. ABEL, Lane Strathearn · 2021 to 2026
$8.5M
Mechanisms of Health and Disease at the Behavioral-Biomedical InterfaceT32GM108540 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LUTGENDORF, SUSAN K, VOSS, MICHELLE WEBB · 2014 to 2023
$1.7M
Identifying Relationships between Late Premature Birth, Parental Factors, and Early Numerical and Spatial DevelopmentR03HD102449 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI DEMIR-LIRA, ECE · 2020 to 2021
$212k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103556NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD102449NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM108540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the United States, survival rates for preterm neonates (<37 weeks of gestation) have tripled in recent years. In parallel, preterm-born children show poorer performance in neurocognitive functioning compared to their full-term peers (≥39 weeks of gestation), and biological models predicting preterm-born children's neurocognitive performance have been met with limited success, highlighting a need to focus on environmental factors. Thus, this systematic review examines the literature on parental cognitive stimulation in relation to preterm-born children's neurocognitive outcomes. Studies were considered for inclusion if they included a sample of preterm-born children, included a measure of parental cognitive stimulation, and included a measure of child neurocognitive performance. The databases searched were PubMed, PsychINFO, CINAHL, ProQuest, and Scopus. Eight studies were included (44 unique associations). Findings suggest that preterm-born children's language skills might be open to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative features of parental cognitive stimulation. Our findings suggest that parental cognitive stimulation matters for preterm-born children's neurocognitive performance. Future experiential models should examine the mechanistic roles of cognitive stimulation in relation to narrowed neurocognitive outcomes to better inform possible prevention and intervention efforts. IMPACT: This systematic review examines the literature on parental cognitive stimulation in relation to preterm-born children's neurocognitive outcomes. Our review demonstrates that preterm-born children's language skills might be open to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative features of parental cognitive stimulation. The emphasis on environmental factors might ultimately better inform possible prevention and intervention efforts for children at risk as they transition to formal schooling.

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CognitionParturitionChildChild, PreschoolEducational StatusFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornNeuropsychological TestsPregnancyUnited States

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PMID37231307
PMCPMC10761195

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