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Screening and determinant of suspected developmental delays among Egyptian preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional national community-based study

Article scientifique 2023 Anglais

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BACKGROUND: Early childhood life is critical for optimal development and is the foundation of future well-being. Genetic, sociocultural, and environmental factors are important determinants of child development. AIM: The objectives were to screen for suspected developmental delays (DDs) among Egyptian preschool children, and to explore the determinants of these delays based on sociodemographic, epidemiological, maternal, and child perinatal risk factors. METHODS: edition (DDST) was used. RESULTS: Each screened child manifested at least one of six developmental categories. Either typical development, gross motor delay (GM), fine motor adaptive delay (FMA), Language delay (L), Personal-social delay (PS), or multiple DDs. The prevalence of preschool children with at least one DD was 6.4%, while 4.5% had multiple DDs. Developmental language delay was the most prevalent, affecting 4.2% of children. The least affected domain was GM (1.9% of children). Boys were more likely to have DD than girls. Children in urban communities were more likely to have at least one DD than those in rural areas (OR = 1.28, 95%CI: 1.14-1.42), and children of middle social class than of low or high social class (OR = 1.49, 95%CI: 1.30-1.70 & OR = 1.40, 95%CI: 1.23-1.59 respectively). The strong perinatal predictors for at least one DD were children with a history of postnatal convulsions (OR = 2.68, 95%CI: 1.97-3.64), low birth weight (OR = 2.06, 95%CI: 1.69-2.52), or history of postnatal cyanosis (OR = 1.77, 95%CI: 1.26-2.49) and mothers had any health problem during pregnancy (OR = 1.73, 95%CI: 1.44-2.07). Higher paternal and maternal education decreased the odds of having any DD by 43% (OR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.47-0.68) and 31% (OR = 0.69, 95%CI: 0.58-0.82) respectively. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates a considerable attempt to assess the types and the prevalence of DD among preschool children in Egypt. Perinatal factors are among the most common determinants of DD in preschool children and the majority could be preventable risk factors.

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Metwally, A., Abdallah, A., El-Din, E., Zeid, D., Khadr, Z., Elshaarawy, G., Elkhatib, A., Elsaied, A., Ashaat, E., Elghareeb, N., Abdou, M., Fathy, A., Eldeeb, S., AbdAllah, M., Soliman, M., El-Banna, R., Hassanein, A., Rabah, T., Abdelrahman, M., Sallam, S. (2023). Screening and determinant of suspected developmental delays among Egyptian preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional national community-based study. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04335-0

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Ammal M. Metwally Ali M. Abdallah Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din Dina Abu Zeid Zeinab Khadr Ghada A. Elshaarawy Alshaimaa A. Elkhatib Amal Elsaied Engy A. Ashaat Nahed A. Elghareeb Mohamed H. Abdou Asmaa M. Fathy Sherif E. Eldeeb Mohamed AbdAllah Muhammed Al-tohamy Soliman Rokia El-Banna Abdelrahman K. Hassanein Thanaa M. Rabah Mohamed Abdelrahman Sara F. Sallam

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