Early Family Based Intervention in Preterm Infants

Early Family-Based Intervention for Developmental Enforcement of Premature Infants

This is randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of early intervention in very low birth weight infants after discharge from NICU on neurodevelopmental outcome. Other than control group of VLBW infants, study population includes term infants to compare neurodevelopmental outcome.

Inclusion Criteria:

• preterm infants < 32 weeks of gestation or 1,500 gm of birth weight
• normal term infants

Exclusion Criteria:

• major congenital anomaly
• neuromuscular disease
• chromosomal anomaly
• triplets or more multiplets