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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 9(2) pp. 241-256, 1984
© 1984 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Follow-Up Developmental Status of Infants Hospitalized for Nonorganic Failure to Thrive1

Maxine Field2

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Seashore House

2All correspondence should be addressed to Maxine Field, Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation, Children's Hosptial of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Seventeen infants between the ages of 3 and 19 months (mean age 7.5 months) hospitalized with a diagnosis of nonorganic failure to thrive (NOFT) had physical measures and developmental assessment with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at admission and discharge. They were then reexamined 1 month and 3 months after discharge. At final follow-up, the group as a whole, initially substandard on both physical and developmental measures, had reached normal ranges of weight and mental development, but showed continuing delay in motor development. Gestational age and the initial measure of mental development were more powerful than age, demographic, social, or intervention factors in predicting outcome. It is suggested that most NOFT infants who receive some follow-up are capable of quick recovery and normal physical and mental development. The possible reasons for and implications of the lags in motor skills are discussed.

Key words: infancy; failure to thrive; Bayley Scales of Infant Development.


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