Prevalence of speech and language disorders in children in the western region of São Paulo.
| Autor: | Longo IA; Universidade de São Paulo - USP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil., Tupinelli GG; Universidade de São Paulo - USP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil., Hermógenes C; Universidade de São Paulo - USP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil., Ferreira LV; Universidade de São Paulo - USP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil., Molini-Avejonas DR; Universidade de São Paulo - USP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil. |
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| Jazyk: | Portuguese; English |
| Zdroj: | CoDAS [Codas] 2017 Nov 09; Vol. 29 (6), pp. e20160036. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 09. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016036 |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: To establish the speech-language disorders in children living in the western region of São Paulo; to assess associations between diagnosis hypotheses (DH) and the age, gender and origin of referral; and to investigate the degree of agreement between the complaint and the DH at the moment of speech-language screening. Methods: Observational epidemiological study conducted at a laboratory of Primary Health Care. A survey of 525 medical records of children between 2002 and 2011 was conducted. The following variables were analyzed: gender and age of the child; origin of referral, complaint reported by parents, diagnosis hypothesis and referrals. Results: There was a predominance of male children (68.3%) and of the age group between 3 and 5 years and 11 months (48.7%), referred by a health professional (51.9%) and with more than one complaint reported by parents (26.1%). The most frequent DH were Phonological Disorder (22.9%) and more than one Diagnosis Hypothesis (19.4%). Most children were referred to a clinic-school where screening was performed (77.9%). There was an association between DH and the variables age (p <0.001*), gender (p = 0.008*) and origin of referrals (p <0.001). The degree of agreement between complaints and DHs was moderate. Conclusion: It has been proven that there are different DHs according to age, gender and origin of referrals. The use of speech-language screening with the information provided by parents for tracking of speech pathology is recommended. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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