Evaluación del desarrollo psicomotor en niños de 12 a 36 meses, del Ministerio de Inclusión Económica y Social CDI Paraíso 6. Azogues, enero – junio 2021

Abstract

Evaluating development is a pillar for the early detection of alterations or warning signs. Skill acquisition is seen as building blocks for children's potential capabilities. Psychomotor development is an evolutionary process, "the result of the maturation of the central nervous system, neuromuscular function and sensory organs" The ASQ-3 questionnaire assesses 5 areas of development and consists of 6 questions respectively. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To identify the level of psychomotor development through the self-applied questionnaire of ages and stages ASQ-3 in children from 12 to 36 months of age, of the Ministry of economic and social inclusion CDI “Paraíso 6”. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional, participant observation, systematic and uncontrolled study with the children's parents. USE OF RESULTS: Among the participants the mean age: 27 months 21 days. A psychomotor development of 84.3%. The development in the gross motor area (M = 53.9; DE = 7.7), socio-individual (M = 51.2; DE = 9.2) and problem solving (M = 50.4; DE = 10.0); the areas of communication (M = 48.1; SD = 13.7) and fine motor (M = 49.4; SD = 12.2. At the level of development (zone) 80.6% (n = 29) in the white zone, five infants in the communication area, two in the gross motor area and three in the other areas in the gray zone; two individuals in the areas of: communication, gross motor, problem solving and individual partner and three children in the fine motor area were in the black zone Communication was age-related in a strong moderate intensity (rs = 0.497; p = 0.002).