Table 2.
Developmental outcomes in preterm and term infants at 18-month-old.
| Preterm infants | Term infants | F-value | p-value | Post hoc (p < .05) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VP | MLP | Term | ||||||||||
| M | SD | Range | M | SD | Range | M | SD | Range | ||||
| KSPD | (n = 12) | (n = 14) | (n = 21) | |||||||||
| Postual-Moter | 105 | 16 | 87–151 | 107 | 13 | 91–135 | 102 | 15 | 63–129 | 0.58 | 0.565 | |
| Cognitive-Adaptation | 101 | 15 | 70–121 | 111 | 7 | 99–127 | 109 | 10 | 81–122 | 3.11 | 0.055 | |
| Language-Social | 92 | 12 | 59–116 | 109 | 10 | 93–124 | 103 | 11 | 75–120 | 6.78 | 0.003 | VP < MLP, VP < Term |
| ECBQ | (n = 10) | (n = 9) | (n = 21) | |||||||||
| Effortful Control | 4.07 | 0.53 | 3.27–4.69 | 4.53 | 0.54 | 3.96–5.52 | 4.21 | 0.53 | 2.84–5.07 | 1.86 | 0.170 | |
| Inhibitory Control | 2.64 | 0.98 | 1.00–4.17 | 3.85 | 0.98 | 2.50–5.44 | 3.15 | 1.08 | 1.00–5.00 | 3.26 | 0.049 | VP < MLP |
| Attention Shifting | 4.34 | 0.49 | 3.75–5.09 | 4.89 | 0.74 | 4.10–6.25 | 4.72 | 0.72 | 3.64–6.73 | 1.73 | 0.191 | |
| Low-intensity Pleasure | 4.41 | 0.58 | 3.45–5.18 | 4.78 | 0.69 | 3.80–5.82 | 4.65 | 0.58 | 3.45–5.80 | 0.95 | 0.396 | |
| Cuddliness | 4.97 | 0.73 | 4.08–6.08 | 4.84 | 0.30 | 4.42–5.25 | 4.71 | 0.89 | 2.25–6.00 | 0.41 | 0.664 | |
| Attention Focusing | 4.08 | 1.46 | 1.75–7.00 | 4.37 | 1.29 | 3.12–7.00 | 3.76 | 0.80 | 2.67–5.50 | 1.01 | 0.373 | |
VP = very preterm; MLP = moderate-to-late preterm; KSPD = Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development; ECBQ = The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire.