Nivel psicomotriz en preescolares de la Unidad Educativa Kennedy mediante la Escala de Evaluación de la Psicomotricidad en Preescolar. Cuenca 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Psychomotrity problems are of increasing frequency and of great impact for the family and the society, they can be transient, but they can also be a cause of permanent disability; for this reason, an early detection is essential. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the psychomotor level in preschools of the Kennedy Educational Unit through the "Scale of Assessment of Preschool Psychomotricity". Cuenca 2017. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, transversal, prospective study; done on 100 children of the Kennedy Educational Unit. The data were obtained through the application of the Scale of Evaluation of the Psychomotricity in preschool "EPP", previous signature of informed consent. For the statistical analysis, we used the SPSS program version 15.0 using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The good rating predominates in the area of locomotion with 89%, positions 90%; 87% balance; 83% coordination of legs; coordination of arms 93%, hand coordination 93%; body scheme in another 86%. An only body schema in itself has 47% better and a high percentage of normality with 41%. Relating age, sex and instruction with test results, the good level predominates, in both, the group of 4 and 5 years, in men and women and in secondary education as well as higher, without major percentage differences between groups. CONCLUSIONS: The study determined that almost all the areas show a predominance of the good level, with the exception of the area Body Outline itself, where there is a high percentage of normality