Escolaridad de los padres y desarrollo del menor de cinco años en la Caja Petrolera de Salud
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Con el propósito de verificar si la hipótesis que los niños que son cuidados por padres y cuidadores de mayor escolaridad, tienen un desarrollo más temprano se realizó un estudio prospectivo de casos y controles aplicando un prueba de desarrollo psicomotor. Se registró el grado de escolaridad de los padres y las personas que cuidaban al niño en la consulta externa de pediatría de la Caja Petrolera de Salud, habiéndose incluido a 246 niños menores de cinco años que acudieron por enfermedades triviales o para control de niño sano entre Octubre y diciembre de 2002. Fue posible determinar que no existe una relación estadísticamente significativa entre el retraso del desarrollo y la escolaridad de la madre, del padre ni la del cuidador. Después de los cuatro años de edad, el desarrollo del lenguaje, se afectó positivamente, en relación a la escolaridad de la madre. Un hallazgo secundario fue la correlación positiva entre retraso del área motora gruesa y el área del lenguaje. No se encontraron niños con retrasos en la adquisición de las pautas del desarrollo en las cuatro áreas del desarrollo al mismo tiempo.
In order to verify if the hypothesis that children cared for by better educated parents or care givers, have an earlier development, we undertook a prospective study of cases and controls applying a psychomotor developmental test. The level of education of parents and care givers was registered at the pediatric outpatient clinic of the "Caja Petrolera de Salud". 246 children under five years were included. These children happened to visit the clinic for minor illnesses or for routine medical check-ups, between the months of October and December 2002. It was determined that there is no statistically significant relation between slow development and the degree of education of the mother, father or care giver. After the age of four, language development was positively affected by the degree of education of the mother. A secondary finding was the positive co-relationship of the gross motor area and speech area. No delayed development of all four areas of development was found in any of the children.
In order to verify if the hypothesis that children cared for by better educated parents or care givers, have an earlier development, we undertook a prospective study of cases and controls applying a psychomotor developmental test. The level of education of parents and care givers was registered at the pediatric outpatient clinic of the "Caja Petrolera de Salud". 246 children under five years were included. These children happened to visit the clinic for minor illnesses or for routine medical check-ups, between the months of October and December 2002. It was determined that there is no statistically significant relation between slow development and the degree of education of the mother, father or care giver. After the age of four, language development was positively affected by the degree of education of the mother. A secondary finding was the positive co-relationship of the gross motor area and speech area. No delayed development of all four areas of development was found in any of the children.
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Vol. 43, No. 2