Evaluation of motor and cognitive development among infants exposed to HIV

This study of a prospective and cross-sectional nature compared the motor and cognitive development of HIV-exposed and unexposed infants in their first 18months of age. 40 infants exposed to HIV and antiretroviral therapy (Experimental Group - EG) and 40 unexposed infants (Control Group - CG) participated in the study. They were divided into four age groups of 4, 8, 12 and 18months old, with 10 infants from EG and 10 from CG in each group. The infants were evaluated once on motor and cognitive development by the Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development.

Source: Early Human Development - January 13, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Kaitiana Martins da Silva, Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de S á, Raquel Carvalho Source Type: research