Analysis of Neonatal Neurobehavior and Developmental Outcomes Among Preterm Infants. 2022

Elisabeth C McGowan, and Julie A Hofheimer, and T Michael O'Shea, and Howard Kilbride, and Brian S Carter, and Jennifer Check, and Jennifer Helderman, and Charles R Neal, and Steve Pastyrnak, and Lynne M Smith, and Marie Camerota, and Lynne M Dansereau, and Sheri A Della Grotta, and Barry M Lester
Department of Pediatrics, Brown Alpert Medical School and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.

The ability to identify poor outcomes and treatable risk factors among very preterm infants remains challenging; improving early risk detection and intervention targets to potentially address developmental and behavioral delays is needed. To determine associations between neonatal neurobehavior using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS), neonatal medical risk, and 2-year outcomes. This multicenter cohort enrolled infants born at less than 30 weeks' gestation at 9 US university-affiliated NICUs. Enrollment was conducted from April 2014 to June 2016 with 2-year adjusted age follow-up assessment. Data were analyzed from December 2019 to January 2022. Adverse medical and psychosocial conditions; neurobehavior. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III), cognitive, language, and motor scores of less than 85 and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) T scores greater than 63. NNNS examinations were completed the week of NICU discharge, and 6 profiles of neurobehavior were identified by latent profile analysis. Generalized estimating equations tested associations among NNNS profiles, neonatal medical risk, and 2-year outcomes while adjusting for site, maternal socioeconomic and demographic factors, maternal psychopathology, and infant sex. A total of 679 enrolled infants had medical and NNNS data; 2-year follow-up data were available for 479 mothers and 556 infants (mean [SD] postmenstrual age at birth, 27.0 [1.9] weeks; 255 [45.9%] female). Overall, 268 mothers (55.9%) were of minority race and ethnicity, and 127 (26.6%) lived in single-parent households. The most common neonatal medical morbidity was BPD (287 [51.7%]). Two NNNS behavior profiles, including 157 infants, were considered high behavioral risk. Infants with at least 2 medical morbidities (n = 123) were considered high medical risk. Infants with high behavioral and high medical risk were 4 times more likely to have Bayley-III motor scores less than 85 compared with those with low behavioral and low medical risk (adjusted relative risk [aRR], 4.1; 95% CI, 2.9-5.1). Infants with high behavioral and high medical risk also had increased risk for cognitive scores less than 85 (aRR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.8-3.4). Only infants with high behavioral and low medical risk were in the clinical range for CBCL internalizing and total problem scores (internalizing: aRR, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.1-4.5; total: aRR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.2-4.4). In this study, high-risk neonatal neurobehavioral patterns at NICU discharge were associated with adverse cognitive, motor, and behavioral outcomes at 2 years. Used in conjunction with medical risk, neonatal neurobehavioral assessments could enhance identification of infants at highest risk for delay and offer opportunities to provide early, targeted therapies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007234 Infant, Premature A human infant born before 37 weeks of GESTATION. Neonatal Prematurity,Premature Infants,Preterm Infants,Infant, Preterm,Infants, Premature,Infants, Preterm,Premature Infant,Prematurity, Neonatal,Preterm Infant
D007235 Infant, Premature, Diseases Diseases that occur in PREMATURE INFANTS.
D007363 Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Hospital units providing continuing surveillance and care to acutely ill newborn infants. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,Neonatal Intensive Care Units,Newborn Intensive Care Unit,Newborn Intensive Care Units,ICU, Neonatal,Neonatal ICU,Newborn ICU,Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU),ICU, Newborn,ICUs, Neonatal,ICUs, Newborn,Neonatal ICUs,Newborn ICUs
D008297 Male Males
D002657 Child Development The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE. Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019102 Infant, Very Low Birth Weight An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age. Very Low Birth Weight,Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Infant, Very-Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Very-Low-Birth-Weight,Very Low Birth Weight Infant,Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

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