Screening and determinant of suspected developmental delays among Egyptian preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional national community-based study.

Autor: Metwally AM; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt. ammal_mok@yahoo.com., Abdallah AM; Quantitative Methods Department - Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt., El-Din EMS; Child Health Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Zeid DA; Child Health Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Khadr Z; Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.; The Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt., Elshaarawy GA; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., Elkhatib AA; Child Health Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Elsaied A; Child With Special Needs Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Ashaat EA; Clinical Genetics Department/ Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Elghareeb NA; Prevention of Disability General Directorate, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt., Abdou MH; Mansoura Health Directorate, Ministry of Health and Population, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt., Fathy AM; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., Eldeeb SE; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., AbdAllah M; Complementary Medicine Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute/National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Soliman MA; Biological Anthropology Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute/National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., El Banna RAS; Biological Anthropology Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute/National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Hassanein AK; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., Rabah TM; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., Abdelrahman M; Community Medicine Research Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Public Health and Community Medicine, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt., Sallam SF; Child Health Department/ Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC pediatrics [BMC Pediatr] 2023 Oct 19; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 521. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 19.
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04335-0
Abstrakt: Background: Early childhood life is critical for optimal development and is the foundation of future well-being. Genetic, sociocultural, and environmental factors are important determinants of child development.
Aim: The objectives were to screen for suspected developmental delays (DDs) among Egyptian preschool children, and to explore the determinants of these delays based on sociodemographic, epidemiological, maternal, and child perinatal risk factors.
Methods: A national Egyptian cross-sectional developmental screening of a representative sample of preschool children (21,316 children) aged 12 to 71 months. The Revised Denver Prescreening Developmental Questionnaire (R-PDQ) followed by the Denver Developmental Screening Test, 2 nd edition (DDST) was used.
Results: Each screened child manifested at least one of six developmental categories. Either typical development, gross motor delay (GM), fine motor adaptive delay (FMA), Language delay (L), Personal-social delay (PS), or multiple DDs. The prevalence of preschool children with at least one DD was 6.4%, while 4.5% had multiple DDs. Developmental language delay was the most prevalent, affecting 4.2% of children. The least affected domain was GM (1.9% of children). Boys were more likely to have DD than girls. Children in urban communities were more likely to have at least one DD than those in rural areas (OR = 1.28, 95%CI: 1.14-1.42), and children of middle social class than of low or high social class (OR = 1.49, 95%CI: 1.30-1.70 & OR = 1.40, 95%CI: 1.23-1.59 respectively). The strong perinatal predictors for at least one DD were children with a history of postnatal convulsions (OR = 2.68, 95%CI: 1.97-3.64), low birth weight (OR = 2.06, 95%CI: 1.69-2.52), or history of postnatal cyanosis (OR = 1.77, 95%CI: 1.26-2.49) and mothers had any health problem during pregnancy (OR = 1.73, 95%CI: 1.44-2.07). Higher paternal and maternal education decreased the odds of having any DD by 43% (OR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.47-0.68) and 31% (OR = 0.69, 95%CI: 0.58-0.82) respectively.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates a considerable attempt to assess the types and the prevalence of DD among preschool children in Egypt. Perinatal factors are among the most common determinants of DD in preschool children and the majority could be preventable risk factors.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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