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

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Shokofeh Radfar1, Davood Talebian2,*, 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
*Corresponding Author: Pediatric Physician, Researching and Educational Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected]

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. 2014;16(10(suppl)):. doi:

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.

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