Influência da hemorragia intracraniana graus I e II no desenvolvimento motor de bebês prematuros e de baixo peso

Abstract

The study aimed to compare the motor development of premature infants with low birth weight, aged 0 to 12 months, with and without intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) grades I and II, enrolled in the High-Risk Infant Clinic at the University of Caxias do Sul, in the municipality of Caxias do Sul/RS. The sample was derived from a database of 282 premature and low birth weight children. Of these, 37 children were clinically diagnosed with ICH, with 22 classified as grade I and 15 as grade II (Group I), matched with 37 children without ICH (Group II). The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and two qualitative questionnaires were used to assess motor performance and identify risk factors. Descriptive statistics were employed for data analysis, and between-group comparisons utilized the Mann-Whitney U test. A significance level of p?0,05 was adopted. Regarding motor performance, the study demonstrated no significant differences between the groups assessed with and without ICH. Although the study results did not reveal significant differences between the groups, the findings are crucial for early assessment and intervention programs for premature infants with low birth weight, with and without ICH. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]