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KMID : 0606120130190010012
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Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
2013 Volume.19 No. 1 p.12 ~ p.20
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Predicting Factors of Developmental Delay in Infant and Early Children
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Ju Hyeon-Ok
Park Yu-Kyung
Kim Dong-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with suspicious developmental delay in infants and early childhood.
Methods: Participants were 133 infants, aged from birth to 6 years old and their mothers, who were being seen at 16 Public health centers in B city. Korean Denver II was used to test infant development. χ2-test, Fisher’s exact test and multiple logistic regression were used with SPSS 19.0 to analyze data.
Results: Of participant infants, 7.5% were below the 3rd percentile for the weight percentile, 8.4% is a weight curve that crosses more than 2 percentile lines on the growth charts after previous achievement, and 9.8% had suspicious developmental delay according to Korean Denver II. Further the predictive factors related to suspicious development delay in the children were decrease of weight percentile (Odds Ratio [OR]=6.69, Confidence Interval [CI])=1.22-36.45), low economic state (OR=6.26, CI=1.50-26.00), and developmental delay perceived by their mothers (OR=4.99, CI=1.24-20.06).
Conclusion: It is necessary to build a government level system to follow management of development of infants and children from the time of birth. Especially, it is necessary to develop a program for children in low income families.
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KEYWORD
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Infant, Growth, Development, Developmental delay
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