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    Incidencia de retraso en el desarrollo psicomotor según el ages and stages questionnaires en niños de 1 a 66 meses. Centro de salud Carlos Elizalde. Cuenca 2018
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2018-11-11) Montaleza Ruíz, Erika Valentina; Valdez Padilla, Marcia Alexandra; Méndez Sacta, Viviana Catalina
    Background: the delay in the psychomotor development of children is 11% while 30% are at risk, this in studies in Chile. According to Schonhaut, et al. 2008, state that the prevalence and incidence of retardation in psychomotor development is 11% depending on age. General objective: to determine the incidence of delayed psychomotor development according to the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in children from 1 mont to 66 months attending an outpatient clinic in the area of pediatrics Carlos Elizalde Health Center. Methodology: descriptive and cross-sectional study in 418 outpatient clinic in the pediatric area of the Carlos Elizalde Health Center, to whom the Ages and Stages Questionnaires was applied. The results were processed with the SPSS V15.0 software and displayed in tables. Results: when applying the Ages and Stages Questionnaires have a higher percentage (45.7%) of babies that present a delay in psychomotor development, men predominate (52.9%), the most compromised areas are the gross motor area (11.2%) followed by the fine motor area (5.2%), there is a statistical relationship with the premature variables and low birth weight (7.9%). Conclusion: the Ages and Stages Questionnaires evaluates psychomotor development in five areas; the most affected areas are the motor areas, the gross motor area is the most affected when relating psychomotor development with risk factors such as prematurity and low birth weight, however, a lower percentage of statistical relationship with child malnutrition is exhibited