A influência do ambiente domiciliar no desenvolvimento motor de crianças prematuras

Abstract

Objective: evaluate the home environment's influence in the motor development of premature children. Materials and Methods: descriptive and observational research with cross-sectional design, with 26 premature babies between 3 and 18 months registered at the Caxias do Sul's Hospital Geral, with premature birth and low birth weight history. To the home environment was utilised the "Affordances in the Home Environment for the Motor Development - Infant Scale" (AHEMD-IS) and to the motor development "Alberta Motor Infant Scale" (AIMS). In statistical analytics was utilised the Shapiro Wilk test and the Spearman Correlation test. Results: It was observed the majority of evaluated babies have shown motor development within normality, in the stimulation variety the majority of children had excellent results and there is a weak, inverse and no significant correlation between the number of children who lived in the home environment and the motor development. Nonetheless, the residence's physical space obtained a moderate and significant correlation with the motor development. Conclusion: The research's results have shown the appropriate physical space had a moderate and significant correlation with the evaluated children's motor development. [resumo fornecido pelos autores]