A Comparitive Study of Early Intervention Programme vs Home Intervention Programme in Preterm Infants Mann Manpreet1, Janarthanan C2, Mahajan Kusum3, Singh Jagmohan4 1Pediatrics, Gian Sagar College of Physiotherapy, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Distt Patiala. 2Associate Professor, Gian Sagar College of Physiotherapy, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Distt Patiala. 3Head of the Department (Pediatrics), Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Distt Patiala. 4Principal & Professor, Gian Sagar College of Physiotherapy, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Distt Patiala. Online published on 31 October, 2012. Abstract Background Prematurity as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a baby born before 37 weeks of gestation counting from the first day of the last menstrual period. Infants born at early gestational ages (<32 weeks), when compared with later ages (32–36) weeks scored lower on tests of gross motor development. So mild abnormalities detected in first few months would improve with early intervention programme. Methods The preterm infants born before 37 gestational weeks and having APGAR score above 7 (after 5 minutes) were randomly selected and divided into two groups (N=15). Early developmental intervention programme was given to one group and home intervention programme was given to other group (control group). The outcome measure was Gross Motor Function Measure. Results According to the need of the study unpaired t-test was applied and significant improvement was seen. Conclusion Greater improvement in motor performance of preterm infants who received the early intervention programme when compared with home intervention was revealed. Top Keywords Preterm, Motor Development, Gross Motor Function Measure, Motor Delay, Early intervention, Home intervention. Top |