TABLE 4.
Comparisons of educational resource use between preterm and term children at 12 years chronological age
| Preterm | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain injury | No brain injury | ||
| N=34 |
N=337 |
N=111 |
|
| Special services through an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), n (%) | 25/33 (76%) | 117/334 (35%) | 11/110 (10%)*+ |
| Classroom setting | |||
| Regular classroom, n (%) | 23/34 (68%) | 295/335 (88%) | 108/111 (97%)*+ |
| Special classroom, n (%) | 11/34 (32%) | 40/335 (12%) | 3/111 (3%)*++ |
| Educational services | |||
| Remedial instruction in reading, n (%) | 15/34 (44%) | 93/336 (28%) | 10/111 (9%)*+ |
| Remedial instruction in writing, n (%) | 15/34 (44%) | 68/336 (20%) | 4/111 (4%)*+ |
| Remedial instruction in math, n (%) | 16/34 (47%) | 100/335 (30%) | 7/111 (6%)*+ |
| Physical therapy, n (%) | 17/34 (50%) | 26/335 (8%) | 0 |
| Occupational therapy, n (%) | 16/34 (47%) | 29/335 (9%) | 0 |
| Speech and language therapy, n (%) | 17/34 (50%) | 38/335 (11%) | 2/110 (2%)*++ |
| Behaviour management, n (%) | 3/34 (9%) | 33/335 (10%) | 8/111 (7%) |
| Number of educational services | |||
| None, n (%) | 8/34 (24%) | 189/335 (56%) | 93/111 (84%) |
| 1−2, n (%) | 7/34 (20%) | 53/335 (16%) | 12/111 (11%) |
| 3 and more, n (%) | 19/34 (56%) | 93/335 (28%) | 6/111 (5%) ∫ |
| Repeated a grade, n (%) | 8/33 (24%) | 73/333 (22%) | 10/110 (9%)*+ |
*
Term cohort vs. preterm cohort: p-value < 0.005
+
Term cohort vs preterm cohort excluding children with brain injury: p-value < 0.005
++
p-value < 0.05
∫
Chi-square for trend across all services categories (term vs. preterm, term vs. preterm excluding children with brain injury) p-value < 0.005