Análise do desenvolvimento motor e qualidade do ambiente domiciliar de crianças pré-escolares

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the motor development and the ehildren's home environment quality. Method: deseriptive study, quantitative eharaeter, realized with 48 ehildren between 18 to 42 months old, from private kindergarlen institutions fram Downtown area of Santa Maria - RS. To evaluate the quality of the home environment it was used the Affordanee in the Home Environment for Motor Development - Self Reporl (AHEMD-SR) instrument and to the evaluation of motor development it was used Peabody Developmental Motor Seales-2 (PDMS- 2). The variables did not present normality whieh implied on the use of non-parametrie statistie pro ee dures. The deseriptive analysis has been preeeded, the frequeney distribution, Spearman's cotreetion analysis and Mann-Witney and Kruska/-Wallis tests for average eomparisons. Results: In relation to the Quotient Total Motor (QMT), the average of total AHEMD was 12.7; 60.41 obtained average seore. In relation to the gender, 58.33 are female, and 37.50 of the families present income between 2,500 and 5,000. There was no signifieant eorrelation between total AHEMD and QMT, neither signifieant differenee between the gender related to QMT and total AHEMD. About family ineome, there was no differenee to QMT. Ho we ver, in relation to AHEMD there was a signifieant differenee between the ineomes: families with ineomes of R$ 5,000 or higher present better total seore. Conclusion: The motor development of most of the evaluated ehildren is in the normality pattern to the ehronologieal age. In general, the subjeets' resideneies provide reasonable opporlunities to the motor development.