PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 2 February 1988, pp. 231-236
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Intellectual and Perceptual-Motor Performance of Children Receiving Prolonged Home Total Parenteral Nutrition

Mary J. O'Connor PhD1, Charles W. Ralston MD1, and Marvin E. Ament MD1

1 From the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Intellectual and perceptual-motor functioning was studied in 12 children receiving prolonged home total parenteral nutrition. Children were between the ages of 4 years 2 months and 7 years 9 months. Average duration of total parenteral nutrition was 52.25 months (SD 15.55) with an average onset of 10.67 months (SD 8.99). Total parenteral nutrition was begun for eight of the children prior to or at approximately their first birthdate. Intelligence was assessed with the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised. Perceptual-motor functioning was measured by the Beery Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration. All children functioned within the average range of intelligence, but the majority of children evidenced some deficits in perceptual-motor performance. This was particularly true for the older children (ge6 years). Home total parenteral nutrition onset and duration were unrelated to outcome. Medical complications, unrelated to home total parenteral nutrition, requiring lengthy and frequent hospitalizations were highly related to nonverbal intelligence and to perceptual-motor functioning. Although unrelated to perceptual-motor deficits, social class was highly associated with verbal and nonverbal intelligence.

Key Words: intelligence • perceptual-motor development • home total parenteral nutrition

Submitted on November 10, 1986
Accepted on April 13, 1987