Análise da relação entre o eixo pessoal-social do teste Denver II e os indicadores de risco ao desenvolvimento infantil

Abstract

Currently, researches have been announcing that between three and four months of age, it is possible to identify risk to the child development and/or risk of psychic disruption. This question is added to the premature babies’ survival, whose preterm birth increases the risks even more. In front of this issue, it is necessary to invest in tests that sort the baby development. The present study has two main objectives: to identify possible correlations between the results of the personal-social axis of the Denver test II with the results of the IRDIs and the association of these protocols’ results between premature and full-term babies. The research is characterized as one of a quantitative approach of Cohort’s transversal stamp. Eighty premature and full-term babies between three months to three months and 29 day of age were evaluated through the personal-social axis of the Denver test II and the IRDIs. In the findings, it is verified a positive association (p=0,040) between the scores present in the IRDIs with the gestational age, however, it was not observed significant correlations between the protocols. Therefore, the discussion about the importance of the protocols that sort the babies’ development and psychic risk is raising awareness. It was also identified that the prematurity has an important predictive value, inasmuch as, the greater is the baby’s gestational age, the more is the possibility of no risks in the child development. These findings indicate the importance of continuing investigating the sorting protocols’ potential in the child monitoring, as well as, of the longitudinal tests available to the health area.