| Healthy Newborns' Neurobehavior: Norms and Relations to Medical and Demographic Factors. | |
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PMID: 22727876 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To generate neurobehavioral norms for an unselected random sample of clinically healthy newborns by examining the newborns with use of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS). STUDY DESIGN: We recruited 344 healthy mothers and newborns from a well-child nursery. The NNNS, a 128-item assessment of infant neurobehavior, was used to examine newborn performance. Associations between 11 NNNS summary scales and the stress/abstinence scale, as well as medical and demographic variables, were evaluated. Mean, SD, and 5th and 95th percentile values for the summary scores of the NNNS are presented. RESULTS: NNNS scores from the 10th to the 90th percentile represent a range of normative performance. Performance on different neurobehavioral domains was related to marital status, ethnicity, prenatal, intrapartum and neonatal risk factors, complications during labor/delivery, cesarean delivery, gestational age, the age of the newborn at testing, and infant sex. CONCLUSION: These data provide clinicians and researchers with normative data for evaluation of newborn neurobehavior. Even in a low-risk sample, medical and demographic factors below clinical cut-offs were related to newborn performance. Infants with scores outside the ranges for the 11 NNNS summary scores and the stress/abstinence scale may need further observation and, if necessary, early intervention. |
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Nadine S Fink; Edward Tronick; Karen Olson; Barry Lester |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-6-23 |
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Title: The Journal of pediatrics Volume: - ISSN: 1097-6833 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-6-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375410 Medline TA: J Pediatr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
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