Prevalence of developmental delay in apparently normal preschool children in Isfahan, Iran
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology,
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2015),
24 August 2015
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Page 17-23
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v9i3.7355
Abstract
How to Cite This Article: Yaghini O, Kelishadi R, Keikha M, Niknam N, Sadeghi S, Najafpour E, Ghazavi MR. Prevalence of Developmental Delay in Apparently Normal Preschool Children in Isfahan, Central Iran. Iran J Child Neurol. Summer 2015;9(3):17-23.
Abstract
Objective
Developmental delay screening is essential in pediatric medicine. The purpose of this study was to estimate the developmental delay in apparently normal children at entry to kindergarten.
Materials & Methods
In this cross- sectional study conducted in 2013, the developmental status of a sample of children who entered to kindergarten at the age of 4-60 months were evaluated by the Persian version of ages and stages questionnaires (ASQ) in Isfahan county, central Iran.
Results
Totally 680 children were enrolled, 11.8% of them were suspected to delayed in at least one domain and 1.3% and 1.2% in two and three domains, respectively. Developmental delay was in the following items: 5% in problem solving; 4.9% in fine motor; 3.2% in gross motor, 2.2% and 1.2% in personal – social and communication domains, respectively.
Conclusion
Considerable proportions of apparently normal children who are entering kindergarten had developmental delay, which could be detected by evaluation with appropriate screening tools.
- Developmental delay
- Developmental screening
- Child development
- Iran
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