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Paper	Paper Session 13 Program Schedule 02/16/2024 01:45 pm - 03:15 pm Room: West Side Ballroom - Salon 4 Paper Session 13: Pediatric, Child, and Adolescent Neuropsychology Final Abstract #5 Executive Function Outcomes in Children Born Moderate-to-Late Preterm: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Lauren Rossetti, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Leona Pascoe, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Chandelle Piazza, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Taylor Mills, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Paulina Stedall, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Jeanie Cheong, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Peter Anderson, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Category: Prenatal/Perinatal Factors/Prematurity Keyword 1: executive functions Keyword 2: prematurity Keyword 3: pediatric neuropsychology Objective: The risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes is increasingly recognised in children born moderate-to-late preterm (MLP; 32-36 weeks’ gestation). The objective of the study was to evaluate outcomes in executive function (EF) subdomains (attentional control, cognitive flexibility, and goal setting), in school-aged children born MLP compared with children born at term. Participants and Methods: Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, and Scopus were systematically searched for studies assessing EF outcomes in children aged 6-to-17 years old (spanning school age), who were born MLP, and a term control group. Studies were included if they assessed an EF skill within the subdomains of attentional control, cognitive flexibility, or goal setting. Results: 6888 publications were screened, resulting in 12 studies eligible for meta-analysis (2472 MLP children and 17,175 controls, aged 6-to-14 years old). Overall, children born MLP demonstrated subtle, poorer EF performance compared with children born at term (standardised mean difference = -0.13, 95% CI = -0.18 to -0.08; p <.0001; I² = 21.08%). Performance on goal setting measures was consistently lower for MLP children compared with term (standardised mean difference = -0.14, 95% CI = -0.20 to -0.09), whilst less difference was evident for measures of cognitive flexibility (standardised mean difference = -0.07, 95% CI = -0.13 to -0.01). Studies assessing attentional control were limited. Conclusions: Children born MLP may experience subtle weaknesses in EF compared to term born children. Further investigation of the subdomains of EF in this population is warranted.

Paper

02/16/2024
01:45 pm - 03:15 pm
Room: West Side Ballroom - Salon 4

Paper Session 13: Pediatric, Child, and Adolescent Neuropsychology

Final Abstract #5

Executive Function Outcomes in Children Born Moderate-to-Late Preterm: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lauren Rossetti, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Leona Pascoe, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Chandelle Piazza, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Taylor Mills, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Paulina Stedall, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Jeanie Cheong, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Peter Anderson, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Category: Prenatal/Perinatal Factors/Prematurity

Keyword 1: executive functions
Keyword 2: prematurity
Keyword 3: pediatric neuropsychology

Objective:

The risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes is increasingly recognised in children born moderate-to-late preterm (MLP; 32-36 weeks’ gestation). The objective of the study was to evaluate outcomes in executive function (EF) subdomains (attentional control, cognitive flexibility, and goal setting), in school-aged children born MLP compared with children born at term.

Participants and Methods:

Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, and Scopus were systematically searched for studies assessing EF outcomes in children aged 6-to-17 years old (spanning school age), who were born MLP, and a term control group. Studies were included if they assessed an EF skill within the subdomains of attentional control, cognitive flexibility, or goal setting.

Results:

6888 publications were screened, resulting in 12 studies eligible for meta-analysis (2472 MLP children and 17,175 controls, aged 6-to-14 years old). Overall, children born MLP demonstrated subtle, poorer EF performance compared with children born at term (standardised mean difference = -0.13, 95% CI = -0.18 to -0.08; p <.0001; I² = 21.08%). Performance on goal setting measures was consistently lower for MLP children compared with term (standardised mean difference = -0.14, 95% CI = -0.20 to -0.09), whilst less difference was evident for measures of cognitive flexibility (standardised mean difference = -0.07, 95% CI = -0.13 to -0.01). Studies assessing attentional control were limited.

Conclusions:

Children born MLP may experience subtle weaknesses in EF compared to term born children. Further investigation of the subdomains of EF in this population is warranted.