The Denver test has been applied in community in Vietnam. But in Hue city, it was just used to assess and follow the psychomotor development for children with health problems, not in community. The objectives of study are to assess the physical, psychomotor development of infants in Hue City in 2009-2010 and to identify factors in the relation with physical, psychomotor development of infants. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, N0 61, 2010 STUDY ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOME RELATED FACTORS OF INFANTS IN HUE CITY - VIETNAM, 2009-2010 Hoang Thi Bach Yen, Hoang Anh Tien , Nguyen Van Dat, Dinh Thanh Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University SUMMARY Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. For children, good health is very important because it is the foundation for physical, psychomotor development. Nutrition for children in the first years plays an important role in the development process and quality of life of each individual. Insufficient nutrition in this period can lead to poor physical and mental development, and even diseases. This study was conducted with two objectives: To assess the physical, psychomotor development of infants in Hue City in 2009-2010; and to identify factors relating to physical, psychomotor development of infants. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was implemented with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. Results: The prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting malnutrition were , and , respectively. Prevalence of delayed psychomotor development was . There was a correlation between the time of having complementary feeding and weight-for-length (r= - , 2 3 2 5 > 3 2 1 3 > Total 17 15 32 Among 4 domains, gross motor and language accounted for the highest prevalence of the delay ( and respectively). Except for the personal – social domain, the rest ones showed the delay on male rather than female. A statistically-significant difference was observed between genders for all delayed domains. . Factors relating to physical and psychomotor development of infants . Characteristics of the infants during neonatal period Table 4. Characteristics of the infants during the .
