Evaluación del desarrollo psicomotor en niños de 4 a 24 meses que asisten al área de pediatría del Centro de Salud #2, mediante el Baby test Brunet Lezine, Cuenca 2018 – 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND Psychomotor development is an evolutionary process; in which child acquires skills and abilities throughout their growth. The evaluation of psychomotor development in children 0 to 5 years is paramount; however; Margalida Coll Andreu, in the XII International Congress of educational theory indicates that there is greater neural plasticity in children younger than 24 months; so it is more important to an assessment at this stage and thus to detect problems or difficulties in the psychomotor development, for appropriate intervention. GENERAL OBJECTIVE Set the age of psychomotor development in children from 4 to 24 months using the Baby Test Brunet Lezine in the area of pediatrics of Health Center #2. METHODOLOGY Descriptive, quantitative study; evaluation of psychomotor development was carried out on children aged 4 to 24 months, who attended pediatric consultation at the Health Center #2, through the Baby Brunet Lezine. The results were tabulated with the IBM SPSS version 25 statistical program. RESULTS A sample of 98 boys and girls was handled, of which 49% belong to the female gender and 51% to the male gender. The research showed that 17.3% had a developmental age higher than chronological age, 5.1% according to chronological age and 77.6% lower than chronological age.