Martínez-Nadal, Sílvia Bosch, Laura
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Late preterm children born between 340/7 and 366/7 weeks' gestation account for ≈70% of prematurely born infants. There is growing concern about this population at risk of mild neurodevelopmental problems, learning disabilities and lower academic performance. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) s...
Crittenden, Patricia M
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Clinical child psychology and psychiatry
Over a decade, CCPP published many articles, a special issue and two special sections that enabled the DMM to become established as an alternative to both attachment disorganization and psychiatric diagnoses. New clinical authors from many countries contributed to an empirical set of assessment validity studies and findings regarding troubled and h...
Barbosa, Ana Whiting, Stephen Simmonds, Philippa Scotini Moreno, Rodrigo Mendes, Romeu Breda, João
Published in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Background: This umbrella review aimed to summarise the evidence presented in systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding the effect of physical activity on academic achievement of school-age children and adolescents. Methods: A comprehensive electronic search for relevant systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed in Pubmed, Cochrane L...
Bogičević, Lilly Verhoeven, Marjolein van Baar, Anneloes L
Published in
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Objective Attention difficulties are commonly reported by caregivers in school-aged children born moderate-to-late preterm (MLPT; 32–36 weeks’ gestation). We aimed to assess distinct aspects of attentional functioning (i.e. orienting, alerting and executive attention, processing speed and behavioral components) in children born MLPT and full term (...
Giannotti, Michele de Falco, Simona Venuti, Paola
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Frontiers in psychology
Alexithymia is defined as a limited ability in the cognitive processing of emotions. Literature suggested its negative influence on interpersonal relationship, documenting elevated alexithymia in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) compared to control groups. However, the study of alexithymia in school-age children with ASD remains larg...
Abbott, Sam Christensen, Hannah Welton, Nicky J. Brooks-Pollock, Ellen
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Eurosurveillance
Background In 2005 in England, universal Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination of school-age children was replaced by targeted BCG vaccination of high-risk neonates. Aim Estimate the impact of the 2005 change in BCG policy on tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates in England. Methods We conducted an observational study by combining notifications fr...
Heineman, K R Kuiper, D B Bastide-van Gemert, Sla Heineman, M J Hadders-Algra, M
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Human reproduction (Oxford, England)
Do ovarian stimulation (OS) and the in vitro laboratory procedures affect offsprings' cognitive and behavioural outcome at 9 years? OS and the in vitro laboratory procedures or the combination of both were not associated with cognitive and behavioural outcome at age 9 years. ART is not associated with an adverse short-term developmental outcome of ...
Prussien, Kemar V Jordan, Lori C DeBaun, Michael R Compas, Bruce E
Published in
Journal of pediatric psychology
To provide a comprehensive quantitative review of neurocognitive function in sickle cell disease (SCD) across multiple domains, cerebral infarct status, and the lifespan. One hundred and ten studies were identified in PubMed, MedLine, and PsycINFO involving 110 studies of 3,600 participants with SCD and 1,127 sibling or health controls. Meta-analyt...
Parsons, Lauren Cordier, Reinie Munro, Natalie Joosten, Annette
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Frontiers in Psychology
Purpose This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a play-based pragmatic language intervention for children with autism. Methods A sample of 71 children with autism were randomized to an intervention-first group ( n = 28 analyzed) or waitlist-first ( n = 34 analyzed) group. Children attended 10, weekly clinic play-sessions wit...
Abe, Eniola M. Echeta, Onyinye C. Ombugadu, Akwashiki Ajah, Linus Aimankhu, Peter O. Oluwole, Akinola S.
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
The burden of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infections in Nigeria is enormous with serious public health significance. This study, therefore, assessed helminthiasis among school-age children and the hygiene conditions of schools in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria between December 2015 and April 2016 from four randomly selected primary schools. S...
