Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde, Turkey.
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Infant Behav Dev. 2024 Jun;75:101944. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101944. Epub 2024 Mar 23.
The availability of stimulating materials in the home environment is of great importance to optimizing an infant's development. This study, which has a cross-sectional study design, was conducted to examine the relationship between home environment conditions and equipment support and the motor development and sensory processing skills of premature infants. Children born premature, aged 10-16 months, were included in the study. Motor development was evaluated with the Peabody Motor Development Scale-2, and sensory processing skills were evaluated with the Test of Sensory Function in Infants. The Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale was used to evaluate the home environment. A total of 51 premature infants were included in the study. It was determined that there was a significant relationship between physical space, stimulus variety and fine motor toys in the home environment and Peabody Motor Development Scale-2 gross motor and fine motor development scores. It was also shown that there was a relationship between the tactile and total scores of the Test of Sensory Function in Infants Scale and the variety of stimuli in the home environment and gross motor toy scores. These findings show that the opportunities provided in the home environment of premature infants may be related to their motor development and sensory processing skills. Consequently, the home environment may be associated with experiencing movements and sensory experiences.
家庭环境中刺激物的可获得性对优化婴儿的发展非常重要。本研究采用横断面研究设计，旨在探讨家庭环境条件和设备支持与早产儿运动发育和感觉加工技能之间的关系。研究纳入了年龄在 10-16 个月的早产儿。使用 Peabody 运动发育量表-2 评估运动发育，使用婴儿感觉功能测试评估感觉加工技能。使用家庭环境运动发育促进因素-婴儿量表评估家庭环境。共有 51 名早产儿纳入研究。研究结果表明，家庭环境中的物理空间、刺激多样性和精细运动玩具与 Peabody 运动发育量表-2 的粗大运动和精细运动发育评分之间存在显著关系。触觉和婴儿感觉功能测试量表的总评分与家庭环境中的刺激多样性和粗大运动玩具评分之间也存在关系。这些发现表明，早产儿家庭环境中提供的机会可能与其运动发育和感觉加工技能有关。因此，家庭环境可能与运动和感觉体验有关。
