Prevalencia de trastornos de comunicación en preescolares que asistieron al Centro de Especialidades IDEAS durante el periodo 2019-2020. Cuenca 2021

Abstract

The communication is the ability of living beings that allows us to transmit information, ideas, feelings and emotions, facilitating the social relationships and enriching an evolutionary development chord, which are associated with alterations in communication skills in preschool children. General objective: To determine the prevalence of communication disorders in preschool boys and girls who attended the "Centro de Especialidades del Niño, Adolescente y Familia IDEAS", in the period 2019-2020. Methodology: This research has a retrospective descriptive study, conducted by reviewing 196 medical records and evaluations of preschoolers with communication disorders who attended the " Centro de Especialidades IDEAS". Data was compiled in forms and processed in SPSS v.20 Results: The research shows that communication disorders are more common in males with 62.8% than in females with 37.2% and in ages between 4 years and 4 years 5 months with 43.9%. Regarding risk factors, there were 12.2% of preschoolers were documented as moderately premature and 8.2% as SGA, which is the most frequent phonological disorder in these infants. Conclusion: From the data sheets documented, 3.1% showed expressive language disorder, 43.9% showed mixed receptive-expressive language disorder, 52% phonological disorder and 1% stuttering