Abstract

SILVA, Ana Mirian da et al. Neuropsychomotor development, socioeconomic and neonatal factors in children aged 18-36 months attending daycare. Cad. Pós-Grad. Distúrb. Desenvolv. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp. 39-57. ISSN 1519-0307.

The first years of a child's life are primordial for the neuropsychomotor development (NPMD). Some factors - such as biological, family or environmental - may influence, positively or negatively, the acquisition of motor and cognitive skills throughout life; daycare, an environment where children stay for a long period, is one of them. Through a cross-sectional, observational, and descriptive study, via the Denver II scale, ABEP, and anamnesis, this research evaluated the development of 43 children that attend daycare and are 18 to 36 months old, intending to characterize their NPMD and compare it between typical children and ones with delay, to comprehend how socioeconomic and neonatal factors can influence in this development. As a result, the majority (60.47%) presented a typical development. In children at risk, it was observed that the most affected areas were language (64.71%) and fine-adaptive motor (52.94%). There was, also, a positive relation between the NPMD and the socioeconomic factors of maternal education (p = 0.024) and time on daycare (p = 0.045), and, among the neonatal factors, risky pregnancy had a negative relation (p = 0.028) with the NPMD. It was observed, in conclusion, the existence of children with questionable and at-risk development, especially in language and fine-adaptive motor, which reinforce the need for grouping, evaluating, and following them in the daycare environment, as well as planning early interventions.

Keywords : Child development; Children; Daycare center.

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