Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Academic performance of children born preterm: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.
- Allied health
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Neurology
- Respiratory
- Respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant
This paper is from 2018, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This meta-analysis and meta-regression of 17 cohort studies compares standardised academic performance of children born preterm in the antenatal steroids and surfactant era with full-term controls. It covers arithmetic, reading and spelling outcomes and explores perinatal and demographic moderators. Preterm children showed considerable academic difficulties, with those who had bronchopulmonary dysplasia at particular risk. It is useful for clinicians involved in counselling families and planning neurodevelopmental follow-up.
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