The Factors Related to Suspect the Delayed Development of Early Childhood in Vachira Phuket Hospital

Abstract

The retrospective design was to study the factors related to the delayed development of early childhood in Vachiraphuket Hospital. The participants were 3,045 children and received screening services at the well-child clinic Department, Vachiraphuket Hospital, where they can take good care of children from the age of 1 month to the age of 5 years. The research recorded data from the early childhood screening database for the Developmental Surveillance and Promotion Manual: DSPM and Developmental Assessment for Intervention Manual: DAIM used in a well-child clinic. The data was collected from 1st October 2018 to 30th September 2019 and analyzed by frequency, percentage, and Chi-square test. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the variables that were independently associated with Suspected delayed development and defined statistically significant levels at p < 0.05. The research results found that the suspected delayed development was 11.0 percent aspect in muscle development and movement, small muscle and brain development, and language perception were 8.6, 4.8, and 4.0, respectively. The child health factors such as normal development, the development by the age of growth and weight of a child (less than 2,500 grams) OR=8.89 (95% CI=5.01-16.11) malnutrition OR=7.69 (95% CI=5.15-11.47) Apgar score at 1^st minute <7 OR=2.54 (95% CI=1.56-4.13) underlying with a disease of child OR=2.45 (95% CI=1.44-4.18) and a pregnancy less than <37 weeks OR=1.88 (95% CI=1.26-2.81) were collected in the statistically significant with a suspected delayed developmental at .05 level. These findings could be a significant guide for promoting the appropriate pregnancy and the benefits of nutrition in the child at the early age of their first 6 months for reducing the risk factors in children towards the development of suspected delays in the future.