Factors Affecting the IQ of Preterm Born Children of 4-6 Years Old

Shokofeh Radfar; Davood  Talebian; Mohammad Gholami-Fesharaki; Zohreh Aghamiri; Mehdi Habibi; Somayesadat Anvari; Zahra Jaberi; Zynab Hasaninasab; Masome Mohamadian

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Factors Affecting the IQ of Preterm Born Children of 4-6 Years Old

Author(s):

Shokofeh Radfar¹,

Davood Talebian^2,*,

Mohammad Gholami-Fesharaki³,

Zohreh Aghamiri⁴,

Mehdi Habibi⁵,

Somayesadat Anvari⁶,

Zahra Jaberi⁷,

Zynab Hasaninasab⁸,

Masome Mohamadian⁹

1Child Psychiatrist, Behavioral Sciences Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran

2Pediatric Physician, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

4MSC of Educational Administration, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5BSC of Psychology, Iran Helal Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

6BSC of Psychology, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

7General Physician, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

8BSC of Insurance, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

9MSC of Nursing Education, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 10(suppl)

Published online:Dec 19, 2013

Article type:Brief Report

Received:Sep 28, 2013

Accepted:Nov 05, 2013

How to Cite:Radfar S, Talebian D, Gholami-Fesharaki M, Aghamiri Z, Habibi M, et al. Factors Affecting the IQ of Preterm Born Children of 4-6 Years Old.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.2013;16(10(suppl)):null-null.

Abstract

Background: This research was carry out with aim of study of factors affecting the IQ of children 4-6 years old born preterm.

Materials and Methods: This analytical-cross sectional study was carried out on 102 premature children with age 4-6 years old during years 2004 to 2006. The tools used in this study were Wechsler intelligence scale for children and questioner including demographical characteristic. In this study we used t-test and spearman correlation and also SPSS-18 was used to analyze data.

Results: In this study there was statistical relationship between normal child development and gestational age, birth weight, maternal education, multiple pregnancies, but there were not any statistical significant relationship between the history of preterm birth and child s gender, consanguinity parents, apgar, mother job.

Conclusion: IQ in preterm babies who admitted in the NICU was lower than non-admitted preterm or term babies.

Keywords

Premature

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

IQ

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Shokofeh Radfar:[PubMed][Scholar]
Davood Talebian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mohammad Gholami-Fesharaki:[PubMed][Scholar]
Zohreh Aghamiri:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mehdi Habibi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Somayesadat Anvari:[PubMed][Scholar]
Zahra Jaberi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Zynab Hasaninasab:[PubMed][Scholar]
Masome Mohamadian:[PubMed][Scholar]