Not exact matches
Duration of breastfeeding was positively associated with performance on the mental and
psychomotor scales, but infants who were breastfed short - term and had higher p, p ′ DDE levels in cord serum had the lowest
scores on the mental and
psychomotor scales.
Meta - analysis revealed no significant differences between LCPUFA and placebo groups in BSID Mental Developmental Index (MDI)
scores at 18 months (MD 0.06, 95 % CI -2.01 to 2.14; I2 = 75 %; four trials; N = 661) and no significant differences in BSID
Psychomotor Development Index (PDI)
scores at 18 months (MD 0.69, 95 % CI -0.78 to 2.16; I2 = 61 %; four trials; N = 661).
The
psychomotor index did not differ significantly between the groups (p = 0.09), although there was a trend (p < 0.05) towards increasing
scores with increasing duration of breast feeding.
The resulting
scores of the tri-dimensional model can be interpreted as
psychomotor agitation, psychic anxiety, and depression in individual patient data or clinical investigations.