Evaluación del desarrollo psicomotor a niños de 2 a 5 años de edad con el test tepsi en los Centros de Desarrollo Infantil: Mis Pequeños Pandas y Kinder Garden. Cuenca 2022

Abstract

Background: Psychomotor development is the continuous progress of a child's functional abilities. When certain skills develop slowly, a risk or delay in psychomotor development is presumed. The TEPSI test assesses psychomotor development and determines the risk or delay in the psychomotor development of children, in order to intervene in time. Objective: To determine the psychomotor development of children aged 2 to 5 years belonging to the Child Development Centers "Mis Pequeños Pandas and Kinder Garden", using the TEPSI Cuenca-2022 test. Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study. Sample of n=60 children belonging to the Mis Pequeños Pandas and Kinder Garden Child Development Centres. Data collection was carried out using the TEPSI psychomotor development test and a data form. The analysis and tabulation of the results used IBM SPSS version 22, Microsoft Excel and Word 2016. Results: Of the total population, 58.3% is male. Of the total population, 58.3% were boys, 40% were aged 3-4 and 4-5 years respectively. The level of psychomotor development that stood out was within the normal profile, with 50 cases representing 83.3% of the total number of children, 6 cases at risk (10%) and 4 cases in delay (6.7%). Conclusion: From the population evaluated, 40 children between the ages of 3 and 5 years with a normal psychomotor development profile stand out.