The socioeconomic and biological risk factors for developmental delay in early childhood

• Published in: European journal of pediatrics 2012-12, Vol.171 (12), p.1815-1821
• Main Authors: Ozkan, Mehpare, Senel, Saliha, Arslan, Emel Akbaş, Karacan, Can Demir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Algorithms; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Weight; Child development; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Childrens health; Developing countries; Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology; Education; Educational Status; Epidemiology; Family income; Female; General aspects; Gestational Age; Households; Humans; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; LDCs; Logistic Models; Male; Maternal Age; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Motor ability; Odds Ratio; Original Article; Parent educational background; Pediatrics; Poverty - statistics & numerical data; Premature birth; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Regression analysis; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Turkey - epidemiology
• ISSN: 0340-6199; 1432-1076
• DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1826-1

To investigate the biological and socioeconomic factors associated with developmental attainment in socioeconomically disadvantaged children. This study was performed at the Dr. Sami Ulus Children’s Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, between January and December 2010. The effects of biological, socioeconomic risk factors on developmental delay were investigated in 692 children (3 months–5 years) using the Denver II. Low-level maternal education (odds ratio [OR], 11.118; 95 % CI, 4.211–29.351), low-level paternal education (OR, 2.107; 95 % CI, 1.333–3.331), low-level household income (OR, 2.673; 95 % CI, 1.098–2.549), and ≥3 children in the family (OR, 1.871; 95 % CI, 1.206–2.903) were strongly associated with abnormal on Denver II; biological risk factors, including birth weight, gestational age at birth, and maternal age at birth