Perfil psicomotor das crianças de 0 a 12 meses atendidas em uma UBS em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

Child development is susceptible to several changes due to external stimuli that may or may not be present in the child's life, whether environmental or social. The follow-up of this process is of great importance to minimize any signs of developmental delays. The study described, in a observational way, the psychomotor profile of six children from 0 to 12 months attended in a UBS of Fortaleza, where the Bayley III development scale was used to evaluate the cognitive, language and motor domains. The sample had a mean age of 5.8 ± 3.1 months and the risk classifications were as follows: cognitive domain, 60% of the children were considered competent; in receptive and expressive communication, the percentage of competent children was 80%; in the fine motor 60% were competent, although the others (40%) were classified as at risk; in the gross motor, it was found the largest number of children in emergency (60%) and the others were classified as competent (40%). It was observed that children attending the UBS childcare service present higher risk indices for child development in the motor domain, but also presented an emergency or risk classification in the language domain, albeit to a lesser extent. These suggest association to the prematurity of some children and the deprivation of environmental and social stimuli inherent to the reality of the sample.