Publications by authors named "Jaunin L"

Introduction: A significant proportion of prematurely born children encounter behavioral difficulties, such as attention deficit or hyperactivity, which could be due to executive function disorders.

Aims: To examine whether the standard neurodevelopmental assessment offered to premature children in Switzerland recognizes executive function disorders.

Methods: The study population consisted of 49 children born before 29 weeks of gestation who were examined between 5 and 6 years of age with a standard assessment, with additional items to assess executive functioning.

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Background: Associations between maternal sensitivity and child attachment have been established in many samples, but the strength of the association varies across populations. The sensitivity-attachment link has never been examined at the level of representations nor among premature samples.

Objective: The present study is aimed at exploring associations between maternal interactive behaviour and children's attachment representations in a population of preterm and full-term infants.

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Developmental care is a multidisciplinary approach aiming at improving the premature newborn's well-being through individualized observation and care, and at limiting environmental nociceptive stimuli. The aim is to lessen neonatal morbidity and enhance long-term psychomotor development in this population of high-risk newborns.

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Objective: Previous studies have shown that premature birth and the immaturity of the child can affect the quality of the parent-child relationship. The present study examines the relationship between maternal and infant interactional behavior over time and infant perinatal risk factors as well as maternal perinatal recollected traumatic experience. Few studies have explored the relationship between maternal stress and the quality of parent-infant interaction.

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The neurodevelopmental outcome and school performance of 50 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and 33 small for gestational age (SGA) very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, compared to a control group (41 Term infants) were assessed at 8 years of age. The incidence of major handicaps among AGA and SGA/VLBW infants respectively, was 16% and 6%. No major handicap was found in the control group.

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Two groups of 41 children with high perinatal risk were studied. All children of the study group (SG) had neurodevelopmental abnormalities (NDA) at the age of 5 years, without major handicap. The control group (CG) consisted of 41 children matched for sex, neonatal pathology, birthweight, gestational age and socioeconomic status, without NDA at 5 years.

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Outcome at five years of age of 110 high risk AGA, 71 high risk SGA preterm infants with similar birth weight and 102 term control infants was studied. Mean IQ in the 3 groups was not statistically different. Major handicaps were found in 16.

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