scholarly journals Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12

Scientifica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Sullivan ◽  
Suzy Barcelos Winchester ◽  
Jeffrey G. Parker ◽  
Amy K. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
Close Friendships ◽  
Q Factors ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal ◽  
Q Sort

Close friendships become important at middle-school age and are unexplored in adolescents born prematurely. The study aimed to characterize friendship behaviors of formerly preterm infants at age 12 and explore similarities and differences between preterm and full-term peers on dyadic friendship types. From the full sample ofN=186, one hundred sixty-six 12-year-old adolescents (40 born full term, 126 born preterm) invited a close friend to a 1.5 hour videotaped laboratory play session. Twenty adolescents were unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts or developmental disability. Characteristic friendship behaviors were identified by Q-sort followed by Q-factoring analysis. Friendship duration, age, and contact differed between the full-term and preterm groups but friendship activities, behaviors, and quality were similar despite school service use. Three Q-factors, leadership, distancing, and mutual playfulness, were most characteristic of all dyads, regardless of prematurity. These prospective, longitudinal findings demonstrate diminished prematurity effects at adolescence in peer friendship behavior and reveal interpersonal dyadic processes that are important to peer group affiliation and other areas of competence.

Infant–Father Attachment in Infants Born Preterm - A Brief Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ruediger Kissgen ◽  
Sebastian Franke ◽  
Nino Jorjadze ◽  
Bernhard Roth ◽  
Angela Kribs
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Attachment Quality ◽  
Attachment Research ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Problems ◽  
Strange Situation Procedure ◽  
Father Attachment

This study examines the infant–father attachment in infants born preterm (<  1500 g at birth and/or <  37 weeks gestation) in comparison to full-term infants. The infant–father attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation Procedure at a (corrected) age of 15 months. We found at least half of preterm and full-term infants (50.0% and 56.5 % respectively) securely attached to their fathers, and no significant overall difference was observed concerning the distribution of attachment quality comparing the two groups. In light of the fact that preterm infants tend to have numerous neurodevelopmental problems, it is encouraging that significant differences were not found in the distribution of the attachment quality among the groups. Therefore, from the perspective of attachment research, it would be highly beneficial to include fathers in the care of their preterm infants.

Reduction in Obstructive Breathing Events During Body Rocking: A Controlled Polygraphic Study in Preterm and Full-Term Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
J. Groswasser ◽  
M. Sottiaux ◽  
E. Rebuffat ◽  
T. Simon ◽  
M. Vandeweyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Periodic Breathing ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Rapid Eye Movement ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Obstructive Sleep Apneas

Objective. To investigate the effect of body rocking on infant respiratory behavior during sleep. Methods. Eighteen infants with documented obstructive sleep apneas were studied. There were eight premature infants with persistent bradycardias and 10 infants born full-term, admitted after an idiopathic apparent life-threatening event. No cause for the obstructive apneas was found. The infants were recorded with polygraphic techniques during two successive nights. They were randomly assigned to a rocking or a nonrocking mattress. The conditions were reversed the following night, in a crossover design. Results. In both groups of infants, no significant difference was seen between the two consecutive nights for most of the variables studied: total sleep time, the proportion of non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep, the number of arousals, the number and maximal duration of central apneas, the frequency of periodic breathing, the level of oxygen saturation, and heart rate. During the nonrocking nights, all infants had repeated obstructive breathing events. In seven of the eight preterm infants and in nine of the 10 full-term subjects, body rocking was associated with a significant decrease in the frequency of obstructive events. During rocking, in the preterm infants the obstructions fell from a median of 2.5 to 1.8 episodes per hour (P = .034). In the full-term infants, rocking reduced the obstructive events from a median of 1.5 obstructions per hour to 0.7 (P = .005). No difference was seen for the duration of the obstructive episodes. Conclusion. In preterm and full-term infants prone to obstructive sleep apneas, gentle side-to-side body rocking is associated with a significant decrease in the frequency of upper-airway obstructions.

Vaccinations in Infants Born Preterm: An Update

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
Areti Aphrodite Sioriki ◽  
Despoina Gkentzi ◽  
Evangelia Papadimitriou ◽  
Gabriel Dimitriou ◽  
Ageliki Karatza
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Protective Antibodies

Infants born prematurely (before completion of 37 weeks of gestation) are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to vaccine preventable diseases, mostly because of their immunological immaturity and failure of transfer of maternal protective antibodies. Despite their great need of being vaccinated, concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy, constitute the main reasons for which vaccinations are often delayed in this group. In this review we summarize the latest evidence on vaccine safety, efficacy and immunogenicity in preterm infants which is similar to full-term infants. Therefore there is no reason for delaying vaccination in this population.

Spectral analysis of the EMG and diaphragmatic muscle fatigue during periodic breathing in infants

1985 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 830-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Nugent ◽  
J. P. Finley
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Muscle Fatigue ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Periodic Breathing ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Diaphragmatic Muscle ◽  
Normal Breathing

Periodic breathing occurs commonly in full-term and preterm infants. The mechanisms which switch breathing on and off within a cycle of periodic breathing are not certain. Since immature infants may experience diaphragmatic muscle fatigue, one potential switching mechanism is fatigue. Power spectra of the electromyogram, uncontaminated by the electrocardiograph artifact, were studied for evidence of diaphragmatic muscle fatigue during spontaneous periodic breathing in infants. A fall in the high-frequency (103–600 Hz) power and an increase in the low-frequency (23–47 Hz) power during periodic as compared with normal breathing would indicate fatigue. This effect was not observed in any of the infants studied. Hence, there is no evidence that periodic breathing is the result of diaphragmatic muscle fatigue. This finding suggests that the effect of drugs such as theophylline in eliminating periodic breathing may be unrelated to the fact that they also reduce fatigue.

Full-term and preterm infants' perception of face-voice synchrony

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Pickens ◽  
Tiffany Field ◽  
Thomas Nawrocki ◽  
Alex Martinez ◽  
Dianelys Soutullo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Full Term

Preschool Outcome of Less Than 801-Gram Preterm Infants Compared With Full-Term Siblings

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 742-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Kilbride ◽  
K. Thorstad ◽  
D. K. Daily
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Full Term

scholarly journals Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study Findings in Full-Term and Preterm Infants With Dysphagia

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyeong Eun Uhm ◽  
Sook-Hee Yi ◽  
Hyun Jung Chang ◽  
Hee Jung Cheon ◽  
Jeong-Yi Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study
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