Development of Fine Motor Skills in Preterm Infants with Very Low Birth Weight

極低體重早產兒之精細動作發展探究

王湉妮(Tien-Ni Wang) ； 何自欣(Tsu-Hsin Howe) ； Jim Hinojosa ； 徐永玟(Yung-Wen Hsu)

《臺灣職能治療研究與實務雜誌》 7卷2期 (2011/12) Pp. 77-86

https://doi.org/10.6534/jtotrp.2011.7(2).77

摘要

Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the differences in fine motor skills between very low weight preterm and full-term infants at the adjusted ages of 6 and 12 months. Methods: Data were collected from preemie follow-up medical records at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan, Taiwan. Fine motor development data was obtained from the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales II (PDMS-2). A series of one-sample t-tests were used to evaluate the differences in fine motor skills between preterm and full-term infants. Results: The final sample consisted of 105 participants, with 54 preterm infants at the adjusted age of 6 months and 51 preterm infants at the adjusted age of 12 months. For the 6-months adjusted age group, a significant difference in fine motor skills between full-term and preterm infants was found on the grasping subscale of the PDMS-2 (PDMS-G) as well as the composite fine motor score of the PDMS-2 (PDMSF) (p ＜ .05), but not on the visual-motor integration subscale of the PDMS-2 (PDMS-V). In contrast, for the 12-months adjusted age group, a statistically significant difference in fine motor skills between full-term and preterm infants was found on all variables measured: PDMS-G, PDMS-V, and PDMS-F (p ＜ .05). Conclusion: This study's findings add to our knowledge of the overall performance of fine motor skills at 6 and 12 months adjusted age in the current Taiwanese preterm population with very low birth weight.

關鍵字

精細動作 ； 早產兒 ； 皮巴迪動作評估量表

並列摘要

Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the differences in fine motor skills between very low weight preterm and full-term infants at the adjusted ages of 6 and 12 months. Methods: Data were collected from preemie follow-up medical records at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan, Taiwan. Fine motor development data was obtained from the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales II (PDMS-2). A series of one-sample t-tests were used to evaluate the differences in fine motor skills between preterm and full-term infants. Results: The final sample consisted of 105 participants, with 54 preterm infants at the adjusted age of 6 months and 51 preterm infants at the adjusted age of 12 months. For the 6-months adjusted age group, a significant difference in fine motor skills between full-term and preterm infants was found on the grasping subscale of the PDMS-2 (PDMS-G) as well as the composite fine motor score of the PDMS-2 (PDMSF) (p ＜ .05), but not on the visual-motor integration subscale of the PDMS-2 (PDMS-V). In contrast, for the 12-months adjusted age group, a statistically significant difference in fine motor skills between full-term and preterm infants was found on all variables measured: PDMS-G, PDMS-V, and PDMS-F (p ＜ .05). Conclusion: This study's findings add to our knowledge of the overall performance of fine motor skills at 6 and 12 months adjusted age in the current Taiwanese preterm population with very low birth weight.

並列關鍵字

Infants ； Motor development ； Peabody Developmental Motor Scales