Evaluation of children at follow-up: epidemiological and motor profile

Abstract

Introduction: Premature children tend to have neuropsychomotor development delays due to immature and propensity of lesions in the central nervous system. Objective: To describe the epidemiological and motor profile of children attended in the follow-up of Maternity Hospital Balbina Mestrinho in Manaus/AM, identifying possible motor development delays and correlating them with risk factors. Methods: 25 premature child were evaluated through the Alberta Infant Motor Scale and a structured questionnaire was used with clinical and epidemiological data from the child and parentes. Results: It was detected that 44% of the children presented atipical motor development, related to age corrected (p=0,015) and the degree of maternal schooling (p=0,019). Conclusion: The high index in atypical motor development can be associated whit the sample profile, whose the prematurity infers in the fragility of its systems. Thus, it is suggested that further investigations be performed in order to relate other factors to motor development.