Early intervention leads to long-term developmental improvements in very preterm infants, especially infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Aim Various early intervention programmes have been developed in response to the high rate of neurodevelopmental problems in very preterm infants. We investigated longitudinal effects of the Infant Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Program on cognitive and motor development of very preterm infants at the corrected ages of six months to five and a half years. Methods This randomised controlled trial divided 176 infants with a gestational age