BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged breastfeeding on B vitamin status and neurodevelopment in 80 infants with subnormal birth weights (2000-3000 g) and examine if cobalamin supplementation may benefit motor function in infants who developed biochemical signs of im...

Objectives: This research was performed to compare the results of two parental-based developmental questionnaires. Methods: In this study the developmental status of 196, 4-60 months old children were screened using Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and prescreening developmental Questionnaire (PDQ) in 4 primary health care clinics in Tehran. Convenient sampling was used. Data was analyze...

INTRODUCTION Lack of specific monitoring protocols hinders the knowledge of the impact of late prematurity on delayed psychomotor development. The objective of this study is to evaluate this at 48 months and compare it with those born at term. POPULATION AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 90 late preterm (PT) and 89 term (AT) healthy children at 48 months, assessed by t...

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BACKGROUND Father-child interactions are associated with improved developmental outcomes among infants. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has addressed the effects of paternal involvement on the neurodevelopment of infants who are less than 6 months of age, and no study has reported how maternal parenting stress mediates the relationship between paternal involvement and infant neu...

BACKGROUND: Although preterm infants born at 29 to 36 gestational weeks (GW) are at risk for developmental delay, they do not always benefit from systematic follow-up. Primary care physicians are then responsible for their developmental surveillance and need effective screening tests. This study aimed to determine whether the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) at 12 and 24 months’ corrected a...

We compare two methods of assessing explanatory style--the content analysis of verbatim explanations (CAVE) and the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ). The CAVE technique is a method that allows the researcher to analyze any naturally occurring verbatim materials for explanatory style. This technique permits the measurement of various populations that are unwilling or unable to take the AS...

how to cite this article: yaghini o, danesh f, mahmoudian t, beigi b. evaluation of developmental delay in infants who came in for 6th month vaccination in isfahan city health centers. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2): 29-32.   objective developmental delay is one of the most common causes of conferring the pediatric neurologist. the main part of neurological growth and development occur in the fi...

IMPORTANCE Prevention of iron deficiency in infancy may promote neurodevelopment. Delayed cord clamping (DCC) can prevent iron deficiency during the first 6 months of life. However, no data are available on long-term effects on infant outcomes in relation to time for umbilical cord clamping. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of DCC, as compared with early cord clamping (ECC), on infant iron st...