PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT STATUS IN HEALTHY CHILDREN ATTENDING A CHILD CENTER IN SANTO DOMINGO, ECUADOR

The goal of this article is to describe psychomotor development scores in children who attend the children's center through Form 028, corresponding to the Internationally Standardized Denver II Test. This is a study with a quantitative approach of descriptive-transversal character. A total of 4...

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Autores: Román Sacón, Jackeline, Calle Contreras, Pamela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/6231
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/enfermeriacuidadoshumanizados/article/view/1467
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/6231
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Child Develpoment
Physical Stimulation
Psychomotor Performance
Estimulación Física
Desempeño Psicomotor
Desarrollo Infantil
Desenvolvimento Infantil
Estimulação Física
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Sumario:The goal of this article is to describe psychomotor development scores in children who attend the children's center through Form 028, corresponding to the Internationally Standardized Denver II Test. This is a study with a quantitative approach of descriptive-transversal character. A total of 42 children aged 18-36 months were recruited to attend the Denver II test in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Children's Center in Ecuador. Children with severe pathologies with impediment to answer the form due to deficiency in their physical and mental capacity were excluded. Through the scores obtained by the application of the Denver test, it was observed that the deficit in the Personal-Social Area occurs more in boys (20%) than in girls (5%). In the Fine Motor Skill Area, the deficit occurs in both boys (10%) and girls (9%). In the Language Area it was observed that there is a significant retardation: it was more present in boys (35%) than in girls (18%). It was also observed that the deficit in the Gross Motor Area is higher in boys (15%) than in girls (5%). It is significant the high frequency of deficits shown in psychomotor development in the population evaluated, especially in the language area. Early stimulation and parenting patterns are recommended to improve language development and the performance of children in other areas.