Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of development delay among children in Ceará, Brazil: A population-based study

Luciano Lima Correia, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha, Christopher Robert Sudfeld, Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha, Álvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite, Jocileide Sales Campos and Anamaria Cavalcante e Silva

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Objective: To assess the prevalence of child development delay and to identify socioeconomic determinants. Study design: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children 2 to 72 months of age residing in the state of Ceará, Brazil. In total, 3200 households were randomly selected for participation in the study and had child development assessed with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) version 3. Development delay was defined as a score of less than -2 standard deviations below the median of the Brazilian ASQ standard. We present population-level prevalence of delay in five development domains and assess socioeconomic determinants. Results: A total of 3566 children completed the ASQ development assessment of which 9.2% (95% CI: 8.1–10.5) had at least one domain with development delay. The prevalence of delay increased with age in all domains and males were at higher risk for communication, gross motor and personal-social development delays as compared to females (p-values

Date: 2019
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