A longitudinal study of the mental development of severely malnourished children who received psychosocial stimulation - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;36(Suppl): 26, April, 1987.
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ABSTRACT
Children who suffer from severe malnutrition in early childhood have lower levels of school achievement and intelligence quotients, and more behavioural problems than their peers or siblings for many years. Few studies have attempted intervention, and these have been short-term and had only transient benefits. We previously reported a programme of two years intervention, which had marked benefits. We now report the childrens' progress over a third year of intervention and three years following its cessation. The development of 16 children , who were in hospital with severe malnutrition and participated in a home visiting programme of psychosocial stimulation, was compared with that of two other groups who were also in hospital but received standard medical care only; another severely malnourished group (n=18) and an adequately nourished one (n = 20). All groups were assessed regularly on the Griffiths Mental Development Scales and then the Stanford Binet tests. Both malnourished groups were markedly behind the adequately nourished group on admission to hospital and the non-intervened group showed little signs of catching up. The intervened group caught up to the adequately nourished group in two years and showed no further improvement in the third year of intervention. Over the following three years, they showed a decline in three of the five Griffiths subscales. They, however, retained a marked advantage over the non-intervened malnourished group on the Standard Binet test to the end of follow-up, showing no further decline in the last year. Both malnourished groups failed to catch up to the adequately nourished group in height. It was concluded that relatively simple intervention can benefit the development of severely malnourished children (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Estado Nutricional
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Processos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1987
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Article
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