PMID- 27488057 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171120 LR - 20191210 IS - 1471-2431 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2431 (Linking) VI - 16 DP - 2016 Aug 3 TI - Developmental outcomes and physical activity behaviour in children post major surgery: an observational study. PG - 123 LID - 10.1186/s12887-016-0660-4 [doi] LID - 123 AB - BACKGROUND: Infants may be at neurodevelopmental risk from adverse events arising in the neonatal period. This study aimed to investigate the developmental outcomes and physical activity behaviours of term infants after neonatal major surgery, at age three years. METHODS: This prospective study enrolled infants who underwent major surgery in their first 90 days, between August 2006 and December 2008. Developmental status was assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (BSID-III). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour (i.e. small screen recreation) (SSR) were assessed using the Preschool-Age Physical Activity Questionnaire (Pre-PAQ). Activity (moving between slow to fast pace) and SSR were reported for a 3-day period. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty five children (68 major surgery, 67 control) were assessed, using both measures, at age three years. Both groups were within the average range across all domains of the BSID-III although the surgical group was significantly below the controls for cognition (t = -3.162, p = 0.002) receptive language (t = -3.790, p < 0.001) and fine motor skills (t = -2.153, p = 0.03). Mean activity time for the surgical group was 191 mins.day(-1), and 185 mins.day-1 for controls. Mean SSR time was 77 mins.day(-1), and 83 mins.day(-1) for the respective groups. There was no significant difference between groups for either physical activity (p = 0.71) or SSR time (p = 0.49). CONCLUSIONS: By age three, children who had major surgery in infancy are developmentally normal but have not quite caught up with their peer group in cognitive, receptive language and fine motor skill domains. Both groups met recommended 3 h of daily physical activity but exceeded 60-min SSR time recommended for preschool-age children. FAU - Dwyer, Genevieve Mary AU - Dwyer GM AD - Physiotherapy Program, School of Science and Health, The University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Sydney, Australia. g.dwyer@westernsydney.edu.au. FAU - Walker, Karen AU - Walker K AD - Grace Centre for Newborn Care, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia. AD - Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. AD - Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. FAU - Baur, Louise AU - Baur L AD - Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. FAU - Badawi, Nadia AU - Badawi N AD - Grace Centre for Newborn Care, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia. AD - Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. AD - Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Observational Study DEP - 20160803 PL - England TA - BMC Pediatr JT - BMC pediatrics JID - 100967804 SB - IM MH - *Child Development MH - Child, Preschool MH - Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis/*etiology MH - *Exercise MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Infant, Newborn MH - Male MH - *Motor Skills MH - Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - *Postoperative Complications/diagnosis MH - Prospective Studies PMC - PMC4973046 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development, Third edition OT - Child OT - Cognitive OT - Developmental outcomes OT - Early childhood OT - Follow-up OT - Infant OT - Language development OT - Motor OT - Neonatal surgery OT - Neurodevelopment OT - Physical activity behaviour OT - Preschool-Age Physical Activity Questionnaire OT - Sedentary behaviour OT - Small screen recreation EDAT- 2016/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00 PMCR- 2016/08/03 CRDT- 2016/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12887-016-0660-4 [pii] AID - 660 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12887-016-0660-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Pediatr. 2016 Aug 3;16:123. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0660-4.