Evaluation of apparently healthy Egyptian infants and toddlers on the bayley-III scales according to age and sex

Autor: Zeinab M. Monir, Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din, Wafaa A. Kandeel, Sara F. Sallam, Eman Elsheikh, Mones M. Abushady, Fawzia Hasseb Allah, Sawsan Tawfik, Dina Abu Zeid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-024-01635-8
Popis: Abstract Background Child development is shaped throughout the first years of life through the interaction of genetics and the environment. Bayley-III is valuably used to determine early developmental delay (DD). The aim of this study was to detect the differences in performance of a sample of apparently healthy Egyptian infants and toddlers on the Bayley-III scales in relation to their age and gender. Methods This was a cross-sectional study. Bayley scales were applied to 270 of the 300 recruited children following the inclusion criteria; to avoid potential risk factors affecting development. Assessment included cognitive, language and motor skills. Engaged children aged 18–42 months were divided into 4 age groups with six-month intervals. Results Approximately 78.4%, 76.2%, and 72% of the participants had average and above average scores in the cognitive, motor, and language domains, respectively. The language domain was characteristically impacted. The oldest age group (36–42 months) scored the highest means composite scores, while the 2nd group aged 24 -
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