Aplicação da escala de Denver II em crianças assistidas em uma creche filantrópica de Fortaleza

Abstract

Assessing child development is a complex task that requires continued vigilance in the early years of life and knowledge of normal child development. Objective: To evaluate the development using the Denver Scale II assisted in a philanthropic daycare center in Fortaleza. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 56 children aged 1 to 3 years and 11 months, assisted in a day care center, located in Rodolfo Teófilo neighborhood. For the evaluation of development, the Denver Scale II, a screening instrument in children's development that evaluates from 0 to 6 years, contains items from the motor, fine-adaptive, social-personal and language areas. The final result is normal (no failures or only a caution), suspected for delay (2 cautions or more, or 1 failure or more) and not testable (refusal to do the test). Results: Fifty-six children were evaluated, of which 7 presented with more than 2 fault items, thus consolidated, with suspected neuropsychomotor development according to the criteria of the Denver II Test; 28 children presented at most two items that failed and 18 presented without delay, classified as normal. Analyzing the areas in isolation, there were more delays in the language areas. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that most of the children evaluated did not present any risk in development in the areas of language, personal-social, broad motor and fine motor, according to the Denver II test.