Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
AACPDM 75th Annual Meeting, 6 - 09 Ekim 2021, ss.72-73
Background an d Obj ective(s): Early physiotherapy intervention for
infants born preterm is beneficial for improving neurodevelopmental outcomes, but there is no evidence based early physiotherapy intervention specific to our infants born preterm and
appropriate to the cultural and social structure of our country. In
this study, we developed the SAFE early intervention approach,
which is a family collaborative early intervention approach based
on sensory strategies, activity-based motor training and environmental enrichment. The name of the early intervention approach
was composed of initials of these basic principles and was determined as SAFE early intervention approach (S: Sensory Strategies,
A: Activity Based Motor Training, F: Family Collaboration, E:
Environmental Enrichment). Therefore, our aim was to examine
the short term effects of this approach on sensory, motor, cognitive and language development in infants born preterm.
S tudy D esi gn: Prospective, assessor-blinded, randomised, controlled trial.
S tudy Parti c i pan ts & Set t in g: Infants born <34 weeks and their
caregivers living in Ankara, Turkey.
Materi als/ Me th od s: Of 36 eligible infants with corrected age 9–10
months, 24 were randomised to neurodevelopmental treatment
(NDT) based home programme (n=12) and SAFE early intervention programme (n=12). Infants in both groups before the treatment and after 10 weeks of the treatment were assessed by Bayley
Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III (Bayley III),
Hammersmith Infants Neurological Examination (HINE), Test
of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI), Canadian Occupational
Performance Measure (COPM), Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS). The mental health of the parents was evaluated as using the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale Short Form (DASS-SF). All assessments were applied by blinded raters.