Souza Sandra Coenga de, Leone Claudio, Takano Olga Akiko, Moratelli Hélio Borba
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2008 Aug;24(8):1917-26. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2008000800020.
The aim of this study was to assess the neuropsychomotor development of children enrolled in daycare centers and preschools. This cross-sectional study used 38 items from the Denver II test to assess four and five-year-olds enrolled in the municipal school system in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, from August 2002 to November 2003. There were 960 children enrolled in 27 daycare centers and two public preschools. Statistical analysis used the chi2 test with a 95% confidence interval and alpha = 5%. Logistic regression was used to calculate the percentages with which the preschoolers passed the test at each respective age. Of the 960 preschoolers tested, 67% showed normal performance, 30.2% borderline, and 2.8% abnormal. In 27 of the 38 items, the proportion of correct answers was greater than 90%. Altered performance was more common in five-year-old boys. Performance in this sample was quite similar to that of preschoolers in Denver, Colorado, USA. The best results by gender were for girls, and by age in four-year-olds.
本研究的目的是评估日托中心和幼儿园儿童的神经心理运动发育情况。这项横断面研究采用丹佛发育筛查测验第二版（Denver II）的38个项目，对2002年8月至2003年11月在巴西马托格罗索州库亚巴市公立学校系统就读的4岁和5岁儿童进行评估。共有960名儿童就读于27所日托中心和两所公立幼儿园。统计分析采用卡方检验，置信区间为95%，α = 5%。采用逻辑回归计算各年龄段学龄前儿童通过测试的百分比。在接受测试的960名学龄前儿童中，67%表现正常，30.2%处于临界状态，2.8%异常。在38个项目中的27个项目中，正确答案的比例超过90%。五岁男孩的表现异常更为常见。该样本的表现与美国科罗拉多州丹佛市学龄前儿童的表现非常相似。按性别划分，女孩的成绩最佳；按年龄划分，4岁儿童的成绩最佳。
