Everyday memory and cognitive ability in children born very prematurely
Everyday memory and cognitive ability in children born very prematurely
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DOI：
10.1111/1469-7610.00771
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Marlow, N
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作者：
Briscoe, J;Gathercole, SE;Marlow, N
鉴于最近关于与幼儿缺氧有关的情景记忆困难的报道（Isaacs等人，2000; Vargha-Khadem等人，1997年），日常记忆功能的初步调查结果，报告了20名儿童出生时或怀孕32周之前，相比之下，20名儿童出生时，足月。在5岁时使用Rivermead儿童行为记忆测试（Wilson，Ivani-Chalian，& Aldrich，1991）评估记忆技能。日常记忆问题并不是早产儿的普遍特征，两组儿童的表现与接受语言能力密切相关，而与一般认知能力无关。早产儿组中有三名儿童确实获得了RBMT受损范围内的分数，其中两名儿童的记忆障碍无法从他们的接受性语言能力中预测。这表明早产儿群体中日常记忆困难的风险增加，这可能在进一步的研究中通过对具有更大缺氧损伤风险的儿童进行抽样来增强。
In light of recent reports of episodic memory difficulties linked to early childhood hypoxia (Isaacs et al., 2000; Vargha-Khadem et al., 1997), preliminary findings of everyday memory function are reported for 20 children born at or before 32 weeks gestation, compared to 20 children born at term. Memory skills were assessed using the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children (Wilson, Ivani-Chalian, & Aldrich, 1991) at 5 years of age. Everyday memory problems were not found to be a general feature of children born prematurely, and performance was closely linked to receptive language ability but not general cognitive ability in both groups of children. Three children in the preterm group did obtain scores in the impaired range of the RBMT, and in two of these children memory impairment could not be predicted from their receptive language ability. This suggests an increased risk of everyday memory difficulties in populations of preterm children that may be enhanced in further studies by sampling children with greater risk of hypoxic insult.