Clinical Trial: Mobility and Attention Capacity in Former Premature Children

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Posture and Mobility Influence on Attention Capacity in Former Premature Children at 6 Years of Age.

Brief Summary: Attention functions have a major impact on children's social and school behavior. They are an important issue for prematurely born children often seen as having learning difficulties and being restless, when it could be an adaptative answer to attention disorders. The aim of this study is to evaluate attention capacity in former premature children aged 6-7 years old with regards to different postures or mobility, for the attention functions of orienting, alerting and executive control. The Attention Network Test using reaction time and accuracy to visual stimuli will be used to evaluate attention functions in each posture and mobility.

Detailed Summary: Attention functions have a major impact on children's social, school and emotional adjustment. They are one of the most common issues for prematurely born children with implications in academic and social-behavioral functioning. Prematurely born infants are often seen as having excessive mobility or being restless when it could be an adaptative answer to attention disorders leading to learning difficulties. Respecting spontaneous mobility could improve attention performance in vulnerable children. The aim of the study is to evaluate global attention performance of former premature children at the preschool age of 6 to 7 years. This evaluation will be done in three usual postures or mobility, and for the 3 attentional functions of orienting, alerting or executive control. They will be compared within the prematurely born children group and to term born controls of the same age. The Attention Network Test adapted to children by Rueda et al (Neuropsychologia 2004) using reaction time and accuracy to visual stimuli will be used to evaluate attention functions. Presentation of stimuli through virtual video glasses and collection of answers will be done thanks to a specific software.
Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Current Primary Outcome: Reaction time to respond to visual stimuli appearance [ Time Frame: 5 minutes ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Accuracy to the response to visual stimuli direction [ Time Frame: 5 minutes ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Dates:
Date Received: April 14, 2017
Date Started: April 2017
Date Completion: December 2018
Last Updated: April 19, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017