Objectives. Developmental screening of
healthy children from early childhood provides to identify high-risk children,
early diagnose of developmental delay, better prognosis, correspond direction
of family and treatment efficacy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
developmental stages for healthy children referring to the pediatric clinic for
early childhood check-ups. Methods. The
development of 328 children was evaluated. It is found that; awareness skills
of infants with siblings were better than those without siblings. The infants
attended to by caregivers had limited word usage compared with those cared for
by mothers and relatives. The developmental stages were evaluated by using
Social-Communication Area Screening Test for Infants (SCASI). Results. The developmental stages of infants whose mothers were graduated from
university were better than the other infants in terms of awareness skills. In
addition, social content skills in terms of communication levels and total
points were better in infants cared for by mothers and relatives than the
others, and it appears that those cared for by relatives were better compared
to those only looked after by mothers. Our study indicated that according to
SCASI scores, 6.1% of infants were in the risk group. Conclusions. During the first years, regular check-ups and recording of the development
are very important in terms of ensuring that there is early intervention in the
case of any delay in development stages. Screening tests that can be used
easily, regularly repeatable, including observation of parents and having short
evaluation process should be extended.
developmental screening developmental delay Infant development
Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
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Bölüm | Original Article |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 4 Kasım 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 7 Nisan 2017 |
Kabul Tarihi | 5 Mayıs 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 3 |