DESENVOLVIMENTO NEUROPSICOMOTOR E FALHAS ANTROPOMÉTRICAS EM CRIANÇAS MENORES DE DOIS ANOS

NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND ANTHROPOMETRIC FAILURES IN CHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the association between nutritional status, assessed through anthropometric failures, with the psychomotor neurodevelopment of infants. It consisted of a cross-sectional study, carried out with children aged 1 month to 23 months and 31 days, living in the municipality of Picos / Piauí, without previous diagnosis of neurodevelopmental delay. The variables investigated were socioeconomic, demographic, as well as anthropometric data by measuring weight and length, for later classification and categorization of failures. The neurodevelopment assessment was performed using the Developmental Milestones contained in the Small Child Welfare Survey Scale. Subsequently, a descriptive statistical analysis was carried out, in addition to performing the Likelihood Ratio, at a significance level of 5% to assess the association between the outcome variable and anthropometric failures. Of the children assessed, 9.4% had positive screening for delayed neuropsychomotor development, where category 3 of anthropometric failures was the one with the highest prevalence (9.1%), and in this study there was no statistical association between nutritional status , through the use of anthropometric failures, with delays in child neurodevelopment. Thus, it is concluded that although there was no statistical association, both the adopted screening tools proved viable both to evaluate and to guide the interventions, aiming to improve the nutritional status and child neurodevelopment and reinforcing the importance of carrying out this monitoring more detailed.