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Assessment of sensorimotor intelligence and psychomotor development in clinically healthy infants assisted in the public health sector.

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INTRODUCTION Infancy is the period of greatest neuroplasticity. The early detection of developmental disorders helps to provide a timely intervention aimed at reducing sequelae and/or complications. OBJECTIVE To assess psychomotor… Click to show full abstract

INTRODUCTION Infancy is the period of greatest neuroplasticity. The early detection of developmental disorders helps to provide a timely intervention aimed at reducing sequelae and/or complications. OBJECTIVE To assess psychomotor and cognitive development in infants between 6 and 9 months old assisted in the public health sector. POPULATION AND METHODS Descriptive study with follow-up of full-term infants who were clinically healthy at the time of assessment and had an adequate weight, height, and head circumference for their age. The Assessment Scale of Psychomotor Development and the Argentine Scale of Sensorimotor Intelligence were used in infants aged 6-9 months. Early stimulation was the intervention provided to those who showed a risk or delay. The prevalence of risk/delay of psychomotor development and sensorimotor intelligence was determined. The statistical software package R, version 3.3.1 was used. RESULTS A total of 102 children were assessed. At 6 months old, 22.5 % had a developmental risk/delay. The prevalence of unexpected results for age in psychomotor development and sensorimotor intelligence was 13.7 % and 16.7 %, respectively. These children received early stimulation and all showed improved results. At 9 months old, the prevalence of risk/delay was 20.6 %: 14.7 % in psychomotor development and 9.8 % in sensorimotor intelligence. CONCLUSIONS At 6 months old, 22.5 % of infants had a developmental risk/delay; at 9 months old, this prevalence was 20.6 %. An early assessment of development helped to detect disorders and provide an early intervention.

Keywords: psychomotor development; sensorimotor intelligence; psychomotor; development

Journal Title: Archivos argentinos de pediatria
Year Published: 2019

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