ANÁLISE DE SOFRIMENTO PSÍQUICO EM BEBÊS PREMATUROS E A TERMO

Objective: to investigate the relationship between rates of signs indicative of psychological distress in babies born prematurely compared to full-term babies of the same age. Methodology: The total sample included 8 babies, 4 preterm babies and 4 full-term babies, of both sexes and aged 4 months and 9 months, considering the corrected age. The PREAUT-Olliac protocol (2017) and the pragmatics protocol were used. (Fernandes, 2004). Results: Both babies had a maximum score (15 points) on the PREAUT-Olliac (2017) with the exception of one baby who obtained an intermediate score (9 points). The babies' communicative profile demonstrated that they use gestural and vocal communication with 7 different functions and the results do not show that there is a statistically significant difference between the groups. Conclusion: there were no significant differences between the analysis of indicators of psychological distress in premature babies compared to full-term babies and there was no significant difference between the assessments of the communicative profile of both samples. New studies that use larger samples can contribute to the area.