Premature infants are at risk for developmental delay. We assessed the psychomotor\ndevelopment of children born before 37 weeks of gestation. Methods:\nThis was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Pediatric\nDepartment of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital from\nJanuary to May 2018. We used the Denver II scale to assess the psychomotor\ndevelopment of children born premature aged 9 months to 6 years. Children\nborn between January 2012 and April 2017 at a gestational age strictly below\n37 weeks of gestation were included. Using logistic regression, we searched\nfor perinatal factors associated with abnormalities of psychomotor developmental.\nResults: We included 50 children in our study, 60% of whom were\nboys, giving a sex ratio of 1.5. The mean age was...........
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