Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (RBUP), Oslo, Norway.
Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Child Care Health Dev. 2020 Jul;46(4):407-413. doi: 10.1111/cch.12765. Epub 2020 Mar 26.
Motor milestones in infancy are important developmental markers, not only for later motor skills but also for more widespread social, cognitive, and communication development. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between fine and gross motor development in infants at 6 and 12 months of age and communication skills at 24 months of age.
The Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-II) was used to measure gross motor, fine motor, and communication skills in a large population-based sample of 1,555 infants, recruited from well-baby clinics in five municipalities in South-Eastern Norway. Of these, 557 children had valid values of gross and fine motor scores at 6 and 12 months and for communication score at 24 months. The relationships between motor skills at 6 and 12 months and communication skills at 24 months were analysed using a linear regression analysis.
Gross motor skills at 6 months were positively associated with communication skills at 24 months (coefficients 0.09, p = 0.036) and fine motor skills at 12 months were positively associated with communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.23, p < 0.001). We did not find clear evidence for a relationship between gross motor skills at 12 months and communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.05, p = 0.126) or between fine motor skills at 6 months and communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.08, p = 0.098).
The present study supports previous research showing associations between early motor development and later communication development in infancy. Targeted intervention should be considered with at-risk infants.
婴儿期的运动里程碑是重要的发育指标，不仅对以后的运动技能，而且对更广泛的社会、认知和沟通发展都很重要。本研究的目的是调查 6 个月和 12 个月大的婴儿精细运动和粗大运动发育与 24 个月大的沟通技能之间的关系。
使用《年龄与阶段问卷》（ASQ-II），对来自挪威东南部五个城市的常规婴儿诊所招募的 1555 名婴儿进行了大规模的基于人群的样本的粗大运动、精细运动和沟通技能的测量。其中，557 名儿童在 6 个月和 12 个月时具有有效的粗大运动和精细运动评分，在 24 个月时具有有效的沟通评分。使用线性回归分析，分析了 6 个月和 12 个月时的运动技能与 24 个月时的沟通技能之间的关系。
6 个月时的粗大运动技能与 24 个月时的沟通技能呈正相关（系数 0.09，p = 0.036），12 个月时的精细运动技能与 24 个月时的沟通技能呈正相关（系数 0.23，p < 0.001）。我们没有发现 12 个月时的粗大运动技能与 24 个月时的沟通技能（系数 0.05，p = 0.126）之间或 6 个月时的精细运动技能与 24 个月时的沟通技能（系数 0.08，p = 0.098）之间存在明显的关系。
本研究支持以前的研究结果，即婴儿期早期运动发育与后期沟通发育之间存在关联。应考虑对有风险的婴儿进行有针对性的干预。
