Neurodevelopmental outcomes in adolescents born very and extremely preterm: a prolonged follow-up from a single-center cohort

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The study involved 29 adolescents born very or extremely preterm, assessing their neurodevelopmental outcomes at ages 14 to 18.
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Early cognitive assessments at 12 and 18 months showed strong predictive associations with later intellectual functioning in adolescence.
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Psychiatric or neurodevelopmental diagnoses were found in 50% of extremely preterm and 33.3% of very preterm adolescents.
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Visuomotor coordination had the strongest negative correlation with gestational age among motor domains assessed.
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The findings support the importance of early developmental assessments for predicting cognitive and motor outcomes in preterm survivors.

Frontiers In Pediatrics

by Emanuela Claudia Turco, Laura Caiazza, Martina Gnazzo, Valentina Baldini, Giulia Pisanò, Cristel Brugnano, Lorenzo Petrolini, Tommaso Vitali, Benedetta Piccolo, Beatrice Campana, Susanna Esposito, Matteo Tonna, Maria Carmela Pera
June 22, 2026

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