en ارزیابی رشد در نوزادان با وزن کم هنگام تولد در یک سال با استفاده از پرسشنامه سنین و مراحل Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Background & Objective:</strong> </span>Low birth weight is considered as one the causes of infant mortality across the world. Accordingly, paying attention to neonatal growth leads to mortality rate decrement and consequently prevents future physical and mental disabilities in this age group.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>&nbsp;Materials & Methods:</strong></span> This historic (retrospective) cohort study was conducted on 280 one-year-old male and female infants who were divided into two equal groups of low and normal birth weights. Then, the developmental status of the neonates at the corrected age of one year was assessed using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ). Data analysis was performed using SPSS 19 via <em>t</em>-test and multiple regression analysis.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Results: </strong></span>Of the 280 infants examined, 142 (50.7%) of them were male and 138 (49.3%) were female with the mean weight of 640.9<span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span>2696.9 gr, and the mean gestational age of 37.8<span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span>2.4 weeks. Moreover, the findings revealed that the gross motor skills and the problem-solving areas had the highest levels of developmental delay in the subjects. In addition, a significant relationship was observed between the developmental delay of the neonates in different areas and the variables of birth weight, birth height, birth rate, duration of hospitalization in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and some causes of neonatal hospitalization (<em>P</em><0.05).<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Conclusion: </strong></span>According to the results, health policymakers were recommended to pay much more attention to the assessment of the developmental status of low-weight neonates for timely diagnosis and treatment as well as the education of health care providers and parents.</span></span></p> Developmental status, Low birth weight, Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) 8 15 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4058-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Dehghani علی دهقانی wiza206@gmail.com 5200319475328460054147 5200319475328460054147 No Dept. of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran Marzieh Sobhani مرضیه سبحانی wiza206@gmail.com 5200319475328460054148 5200319475328460054148 Yes Dept. of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran Mahmoud Nouri Shadkam محمود نوری شادکام wiza206@gmail.com 5200319475328460054149 5200319475328460054149 No Maternal and Neonatal Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran Hossein Falahzadeh حسین فلاح زاده wiza206@gmail.com 5200319475328460054150 5200319475328460054150 No Dept. of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran Masoud Mohammadi مسعود محمدی masoud.mohammadi1989@yahoo.com 5200319475328460054151 5200319475328460054151 No Dept. of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Aboalfazl Sharifi ابوالفضل شریفی wiza206@gmail.com 5200319475328460054152 5200319475328460054152 No Dept. of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran