Factors influencing developmental delay among young children in poor rural China: a latent variable approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence of suspected developmental delay in children living in poor areas of rural China and to investigate factors influencing child developmental delay.

Design

A community-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted.Eighty-three villages in Shanxi and Guizhou Provinces, China.

Participants

A total of 2514 children aged 6-35 months and their primary caregivers.

Outcome measures

Suspected child developmental delay was evaluated using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires-Chinese version. Caregivers' education and age, wealth index, child feeding index, parent-child interaction, number of books and Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale were reported by the primary caregivers. Haemoglobin levels were measured using

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120651 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature