medigraphic.com
ISSN 0035-0052 (Print)

2023, Number 5

<< Back Next >>

Rev Mex Pediatr 2023; 90 (5)

Comparison of visual and auditory attention in infants with and without prematurity

Rodríguez-Santillán E, Harmony-Baillet T, Fernández-Harmony T, Carrillo-Prado C, García-Martínez JA

Language: Spanish
References: 36
Page: 180-186
PDF size: 242.76 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: preterm birth has been related to sensory, motor and cognitive difficulties. Attention processes allow us to keep the mind focused on one or more stimuli to be processed later. Premature infants have a higher risk of presenting cognitive disorders. The objective of this study was to compare the development of visual and auditory attention in infants who were born at-term compared to those born prematurely. Material and methods: 60 infants participated, 40 with a history of being premature; At the time of evaluation, they were four and eight months old. Visual and auditory attention was evaluated using the selective attention evaluation scale. Results: eight-month-old infants scored higher on visual and auditory attention than four-month-old infants. At-term infants at age 4 months had better auditory attention scores than preterm infants. While at eight months of age, premature infants presented higher scores in visual attention. Conclusions: early evaluation and treatment of attention processes in prematurity infants is recommended, which can avoid long-term cognitive sequelae.


REFERENCES

  1. World Health Organization. OMS | Nacimientos prematuros. WHO, 2022. Recuperado de: https://www.who.int/es/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/preterm-birth

  2. Minguet-Romero R, Cruz-Cruz R, Ruíz-Rosas RA, Hernández-Valencia M. Incidencia de nacimientos pretérmino en el IMSS (2007-2012). Ginecol Obstet Mex. 2014; 82(7): 465-471.

  3. López-García B, Ávalos Antonio N, Díaz Gómez NB. Incidencia de prematuros en el Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad (2015-2017). Rev San Mil. 2018; 72(1): 19-23.

  4. Ortinau C, Neil J. The neuroanatomy of prematurity: normal brain development and the impact of preterm birth. Clinical Anatomy. 2015; 28(2): 168-183. doi: 10.1002/ca.22430.

  5. Vohr B. Long-term outcomes of moderately preterm, late preterm, and early term infants. Clin Perinatol. 2013; 40(4): 739-751. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.07.006

  6. Agarwal PK, Shi L, Rajadurai VS, Zheng Q, Yang PH, Khoo PC et al. Factors affecting neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years in very preterm infants below 1250 grams: a prospective study. J Perinatol. 2018; 38(8): 1093-1100. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0138-3.

  7. Linsell L, Johnson S, Wolke D, Morris J, Kurinczuk JJ, Marlow N. Trajectories of behavior, attention, social and emotional problems from childhood to early adulthood following extremely preterm birth: a prospective cohort study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019; 28(4): 531-542.

  8. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Fifth Edition (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Association 2022. doi: doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787.

  9. Harmony T, Marosi E, Díaz de León A E, Becker J, Fernández T. Effect of sex, psychosocial disadvantages and biological risk factors on EEG maturation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 1990; 75(6): 482-491. doi: 10.1016/0013-4694(90)90135-7.

  10. Fuster JM. Cortex and mind: unifying cognition 2010; Oxford University Press.

  11. Vrantsidis DM, Benkart RA, Neel ML, de Silva A, Maitre NL, Taylor HG. Associations of parental distress and behavior with school readiness in children born very preterm. J Pediatr Psychol. 2023; 48(3): 283-292.

  12. Pizzo R, Urben S, Van der Linden M, Borradori-Tolsa C, Freschi M, Forcada-Guex et al. Attentional networks efficiency in preterm children. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2010; 16(1): 130-137. doi: 10.1017/S1355617709991032.

  13. James W. The principles of psychology. Harvard University Press 1890.

  14. Mahurin-Smith J, DeThorne LS, Petrill SA. Longitudinal associations across prematurity, attention, and language in school-age children. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2017; 60(12): 3601-3608.

  15. Anderson PJ, De Luca CR, Hutchinson E, Spencer-Smith MM, Roberts G, Doyle LW et al. Attention problems in a representative sample of extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight children. Dev Neuropsychol. 2011; 36(1): 57-73.

  16. Mulder H, Pitchford NJ, Hagger MS, Marlow N. Development of executive function and attention in preterm children: a systematic review. Dev Neuropsychol. 2009; 34(4): 393-421. doi: 10.1080/87565640902964524.

  17. Rodríguez SE, Harmony T, Magaldi HA, Fernández T. Hemodynamic responses during a visual orienting attention task in infants. Rev Mex Pediatr. 2020; 87(3): 97-101.

  18. Kulke L, Atkinson J, Braddick O. Automatic detection of attention shifts in infancy: eye tracking in the fixation shift paradigm. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(12): e0142505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142505.

  19. Atkinson J, Braddick O. Visual attention in the first years: typical development and developmental disorders. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2012; 54(7): 589-595. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04294.x.

  20. World Medical Association. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. JAMA. 2013; 310(20): 2191-2194.

  21. Gutiérrez-Hernández CC, Harmony T, Avecilla-Ramírez GN, Barrón-Quiroz I, Guillén-Gasca V, Trejo-Bautista G. Infant scale of selective attention: a proposal to assess cognitive abilities. Revista Evaluar. 2017; 17(1): 96-108.

  22. Katona F. Clinical neurodevelopment diagnosis and treatment. In: Zelazo PR, Barr RG (eds.). Challenges to developmental paradigms: implications for theory and treatment. Hillsdale NY, Lawrence Erlbaum. 1989, 167-186.

  23. Harmony T, Barrera-Reséndiz J, Juárez-Colín ME, Carrillo-Prado C, Pedraza-Aguilar MC, Asprón Ramírez A et al. Longitudinal study of children with perinatal brain damage in whom early neurohabilitation was applied: preliminary report. Neurosci Lett. 2016; 611: 59-67. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.11.013.

  24. Porras-Kattz E, Harmony T. Neurohabilitación: un método diagnóstico y terapéutico para prevenir secuelas por lesión cerebral en el recién nacido y el lactante. Bol Med Hosp Infan Mex. 2007; 64(2), 125-135.

  25. Atkinson J. The Davida Teller Award Lecture, 2016: visual brain development: a review of "Dorsal Stream Vulnerability" motion, mathematics, amblyopia, actions, and attention. J Vis. 2017; 17(3): 26. doi: 10.1167/17.3.26.

  26. Kulke L, Atkinson J, Braddick O. Neural mechanisms of attention become more specialised during infancy: Insights from combined eye tracking and EEG. Developmental Psychobiology. 2017; 59(2): 250-260. doi: 10.1002/dev.21494.

  27. Brandes-Aitken A, Braren S, Swingler M, Voegtline K, Blair C. Sustained attention in infancy: a foundation for the development of multiple aspects of self-regulation for children in poverty. J Exp Child Psychol. 2019; 184: 192-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.006.

  28. Courage ML, Reynolds GD, Richards JE. Infants' attention to patterned stimuli: developmental change from 3 to 12 months of age. Child Development. 2006; 77(3): 680-695. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00897.x.

  29. Volpe JJ. Encephalopathy of prematurity includes neuronal abnormalities. Pediatrics. 2005; 116(1): 221-225. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-0191.

  30. Biagi L, Crespi SA, Tosetti M, Morrone MC. BOLD response selective to flow-motion in very young infants. PLoS Biology. 2015; 13(9): e1002260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002260.

  31. Barrera-Rese?ndiz J. Análisis del desempeño motriz, cognitivo y desarrollo del cuerpo calloso de prematuros con daño cerebral perinatal tratados con terapia neurohabilitatoria. Tesis de doctorado. 2015; Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México.

  32. Gutiérrez-Hernández CC, Harmony T, Carlier MEM. Behavioral and electrophysiological study of attention process in preterm infants with cerebral white matter injury. Psychology and Neuroscience. 2018; 11(2): 132.

  33. Harmony T, Gutiérrez-Hernández CC, Carlier M, Hinojosa-Rodríguez M, Carrillo C. Early detection and treatment of attention deficits in preterm and at term infants with risk factors for brain damage. Int J Psychophysiol. 2022; 172: 17-23.

  34. Wass SV. Applying cognitive training to target executive functions during early development. Child Neuropsychol. 2015; 21(2): 150-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2014.882888

  35. Ross-Sheehy S, Perone S, Macek KL, Eschman B. Visual orienting and attention deficits in 5- and 10-month-old preterm infants. Infant Behav Dev. 2017; 46: 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.12.004

  36. Amso D, Scerif G. The attentive brain: insights from developmental cognitive neuroscience. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2015; 16(10): 606-619. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn4025




2020     |     www.medigraphic.com