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[Pre-, peri- and postnatal factors in 419 handicapped children of a specific region]
Insights
Maternal age over 30, family history of disabilities, and low birth weight were linked to childhood handicaps. These factors, along with birth complications and adverse social environments, increased the risk for developmental challenges.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Developmental Biology
- Public Health
Context:
- Retrospective analysis of 419 children with handicaps born between 1966-1980.
- Comparison group of 419 children with normal development.
- Study conducted in a defined geographical territory.
Purpose:
- To identify risk factors associated with childhood handicaps.
- To compare the prevalence of specific factors in children with and without disabilities.
- To understand the multifactorial etiology of developmental impairments.
Summary:
- Children with handicaps more frequently had mothers older than 30 years.
- Low birth weight, low placental weight, and birth complications (e.g., breech presentation, low Apgar score) were more common.
- Neonatal interventions, hospitalization, abnormal newborn reflexes, developmental delays, and adverse social environments were also significantly associated with handicaps.
Impact:
- Identifies key prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors contributing to childhood disabilities.
- Informs targeted interventions and preventative strategies for at-risk populations.
- Highlights the importance of socioeconomic factors in child development outcomes.
Abstract:
A retrospective analysis was done in 419 children with handicaps, born 1966-1980 in a territory. In comparison with 419 children with normal development the following factors were found more often in the group with handicaps: Mother older than 30 years, brothers and sisters with handicaps, low birth weight, low placental weight, obstetric operations, vaginal labour in breech presentation, low Apgar score, neonatal reanimation, transfer in a children hospital, pathological reflexes in newborn, retardation of early development, bad social environment.