Evaluación del desarrollo psicomotor en niños y niñas de 0 a 5 años de la Parroquia San Francisco de Gualleturo, mediante la escala revisada de desarrollo psicomotor Brunet Lézine, Cañar 2022

Abstract

Background: Psychomotor development is the evolution of the child's own abilities that are acquired with the advance of time, especially in the first years of life; the evaluation of psychomotor development is an essential factor to detect deficits or delays in it. Objective: To evaluate the psychomotor development in boys and girls from 0 to 5 years of age from San Francisco de Gualleturo parish, using the revised Brunet- Lezine psychomotor development scale, 2022. Methodology: This study is a quantitative, descriptive, analytical, prospective cross-sectional approach, in a population of 113 boys and girls, using the revised Brunet-Lézine psychomotor development scale. The data was collected in a form and analyzed with the statistical package SPSS version 22. Results: Of the population investigated, 52.2% belong to the male sex, 42.5% correspond to preschool age, the level of prevalent psychomotor development was normal with 94.7%, and the level of education of the parents or primary caregivers is 55.8% belong to basic general education or high school. Conclusion: The 94.7% of the children presented normal psychomotor development and 5.3% a global delay in development.