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International Journal of Public Health
Published in: International Journal of Public Health 3/2017

01-04-2017 | Original Article

Time trends and determinants of multiple development delays in Bavarian preschool children: a retrospective analysis from 1997 to 2010

Authors: Heribert Ludwig Stich, Riccardo Caniato, Alexander Krämer, Bernhard Baune

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 3/2017

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Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to identify the time trends of multiple developmental delays and to determine the strength of selected factors influencing preschool child’s development.

Methods

We reviewed the records of 13,876 preschoolers in a district of Lower Bavaria to determine prevalence and time trends of combined developmental delays from 1997 to 2010. The effect of age, sex and nationality on development was estimated by using regression models.

Results

The largest increase was in the area of psychosocial development (1997:3.8 % versus 2010:13.8 %), followed by twofold combined delays in motor (2.6 versus 14.4 % in 2009) and twofold delays (1.3 versus 6.2 %) in cognition. Youngest children (4.26–5.49 years) had the highest risk for twofold delays in motor (4.78; 95 % CI 3.30–6.92), whereas strongest protection was observed for girls (0.28; 95 % CI 0.22–0.36) for threefold delays in motor and for a German nationality (0.30; 95 % CI 0.20–0.43) for fourfold delays in cognition.

Conclusions

According to this study, multiple disabilities in development were increasing in preschool children. These children can be considered as a risk group who therefore require measures in Public Health.
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Metadata
Title
Time trends and determinants of multiple development delays in Bavarian preschool children: a retrospective analysis from 1997 to 2010
Authors
Heribert Ludwig Stich
Riccardo Caniato
Alexander Krämer
Bernhard Baune
Publication date
01-04-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0839-3

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