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Growth and associations between auxology, caregiving environment, and cognition in socially deprived Romanian children randomized to foster vs ongoing institutional care.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To determine effects of improved nurturing compared with institutional care on physical growth and to investigate the association between growth and cognitive development. DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial beginning in infants (mean age, 21.0 months; range, 5-32 months), with follow-up at 30, 42, and 54 months of age. SETTING:Institutionalized and community children in Bucharest, Romania. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred thirty-six healthy institutionalized children from 6 orphanages and 72 typically developing, never-institutionalized children. INTERVENTION:Institutionalized children were randomly assigned to receive foster care or institutional care as usual. OUTCOME MEASURES:Auxology and measures of intelligence over time. RESULTS:Growth in institutionalized children was compromised, particularly in infants weighing less than 2500 g at birth. Mean height and weight, though not head size, increased to near normal within 12 months in foster care. Significant independent predictors for greater catch-up in height and weight included age younger than 12 months at randomization, lower baseline z scores, and higher caregiving quality, particularly caregiver sensitivity and positive regard. Baseline developmental quotient, birth weight, and height catch-up were significant independent predictors of cognitive abilities at follow-up. Each incremental increase of 1 in standardized height scores between baseline and 42 months was associated with a mean increase of 12.6 points (SD, 4.7 points) in verbal IQ (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS:Foster care had a significant effect on growth, particularly with early placement and high-quality care. Growth and IQ in low-birth-weight children are particularly vulnerable to social deprivation. Catch-up growth in height under more nurturing conditions is a useful indicator of caregiving quality and cognitive improvement.

SUBMITTER: Johnson DE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4126580 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Growth and associations between auxology, caregiving environment, and cognition in socially deprived Romanian children randomized to foster vs ongoing institutional care.

Johnson Dana E DE Guthrie Donald D Smyke Anna T AT Koga Sebastian F SF Fox Nathan A NA Zeanah Charles H CH Nelson Charles A CA

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 20100405 6

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine effects of improved nurturing compared with institutional care on physical growth and to investigate the association between growth and cognitive development.<h4>Design</h4>A randomized controlled trial beginning in infants (mean age, 21.0 months; range, 5-32 months), with follow-up at 30, 42, and 54 months of age.<h4>Setting</h4>Institutionalized and community children in Bucharest, Romania.<h4>Participants</h4>One hundred thirty-six healthy institutionalized chi ...[more]

PMID: 20368481

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Growth and associations between auxology, caregiving environment, and cognition in socially deprived Romanian children randomized to foster vs ongoing institutional care.

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Growth and associations between auxology, caregiving environment, and cognition in socially deprived Romanian children randomized to foster vs ongoing institutional care.

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