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| Article Name : | | | PREVALENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AMONG INFANTS | | Author Name : | | | P.B. KHADI,MANJULA G. KADAPATTI | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-630 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Children are said to be developmentaly delayed if they fail to reach developmental milestones at the expected age. Developmental delay is considered as a disability, which the child displays either due to biological or environmental factors. This affect child's speech, language, fine and gross motor skills and cognitive development. So delay or abnormal development may affect individual areas of development or child's overall development. Based on this a need was felt to study the prevalence of developmental delays among infants born in government and private hospitals of Dharwad. Detailed information of the newborn was collected within 24 hours of birth. After 6 months of interval developmental assessment were made by administering Bayley scale for infant development (BSID- 1993), test for screening developmental delays developed by National Institute for the mentally handicapped, Secunderabad (2000). | | Keywords : | | |
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