Development of executive functions from childhood to adolescence in very preterm-born individuals - A longitudinal study.
Executive functions
Longitudinal development
Very preterm-born children and adolescents
Journal
Early human development
ISSN: 1872-6232
Titre abrégé: Early Hum Dev
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 7708381
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
08
11
2018
revised:
14
12
2018
accepted:
17
12
2018
pubmed:
15
1
2019
medline:
14
6
2019
entrez:
15
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Preterm-born individuals are at risk for poorer executive functions. Longitudinal studies investigating whether preterm-born individuals present persistent cognitive deficits, or a transient delay of development are scarce. We assessed developmental trajectories of executive functions (inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility) in 29 very preterm-born individuals (<32 weeks' gestation) and 25 term-born controls longitudinally over two time points, namely in childhood (7-12 years of age, TP1) and adolescence (13-16 years of age, TP2). Individual changes in executive functions were examined using relative difference scores (TP2 - TP1) / TP1). There was a significantly stronger improvement of inhibition (U = 477, p = .024) and cognitive flexibility (U = 312, p = .029) between childhood and adolescence in very preterm-born individuals than in term-born controls. Preterm-born individuals improved their performance in the domain of cognitive flexibility significantly more often (76%) between childhood and adolescence than controls (31%, χ
Identifiants
pubmed: 30639465
pii: S0378-3782(18)30687-X
doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.12.012
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
45-51Informations de copyright
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