Long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up
The long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of twins born following a
pregnancy with TTTS complication were evaluated using a parental
questionnaire in Hebrew. The parents completed the questionnaire when
the children’s age ranged between 2 and 13.5 years. The questionnaire on
the overall health status of the twins included 10 subscales that
describe distinctive neurodevelopmental and functioning areas: vision,
hearing, speech, gross motor, fine motor, self-care, emotions
expression, memory/learning, cognitive and problem-solving, and feeling
discomfort or pain. The responses were rated according to a 3-point
scale: optimal (i.e., normal evaluation results), suboptimal (i.e., mild
anomalies without functional deficits) or abnormal (i.e., neurological
and/or functional impairment or deficits).