SCREENING FOR NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS OF AGE IN THE BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARID REGION

Revista Paulista de Pediatria

关键词: Child development;    Child behavior;    Primary health care;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1984-0462/2022/40/2020172

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACTObjective:To screen children under 24 months of age for neuropsychomotor and social-emotional development in a municipality of the Brazilian semi-arid region, using the Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC) scale.Methods:This is a quantitative cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample, involving children aged 1 to 24 months and their respective mothers, recruited from primary care services in the municipality of Picos, Piauí, Northeastern Brazil. The screening for neuropsychomotor and social-emotional development using the SWYC scale also provided information about the family context. In addition, we administered a questionnaire to assess the children’s demographic and socioeconomic factors. Descriptive data analysis was performed.Results:The sample consisted mostly of adult mothers (84.0%), with more than 8 years of schooling (83.3%), belonging to the C, D, and E socioeconomic classes (75.3%). The prevalence of suspected cases of delayed neuropsychomotor development and social-emotional changes was 12.7 and 42.2%, respectively.Conclusions:The results point to the existence of children at risk of delayed development, particularly in the social-emotional domain, reaffirming the need to adopt child development screening as a health service routine, with the implementation of appropriate intervention programs.

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