Table III.

Comparison of CBCL and PSI scores in infants with normal postnatal MRI studies and infants with IIVH

Outcome Measure	Normal Postnatal MRI (n=6); mean ± SD	IIVH (n=13); mean ± SD	P-Value*
Child Behavior Checklist
Internalizing score	52.6 ± 7.4	61.9 ± 7.6	0.01
Externalizing score	53.5 ± 7.1	55.2 ± 7.5	0.38
Total score	51.3 ± 6.7	59.8 ± 7.3	0.03
Parental Stress Index
Parental distress score	68.6 ± 6.9	79.4 ± 10.5	0.02
Difficult child score	29.3 ± 6.3	30.8 ± 9.6	0.29
Parent-child dysfunction	50.4 ± 7.2	60.8 ± 9.2	0.03
Total score	66.3 ± 7.8	79.2 ± 10.5	<0.01

^*Differences between groups are assessed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test