Evaluación del desarrollo psicomotriz en niños y niñas de 2 a 5 años de la parroquia Baños. Cuenca 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND Psychomotor development is a continuous process where the child gradually reaches the milestones or skills according to their age and in relation to their interaction with the surrounding environment. It is important to detect in time any possible alteration or risk factor that affects harmonic growth, and intervene in promptly. For this reason, we used the TEPSI Development Test to evaluate children from 2 to 5 years’ old from the Baños Parish to detect any flaw in the psychomotor development.GENERAL OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychomotor development in children from 2 to 5 years of age, who are from the Baños Parish.METHODOLOGY It is a descriptive, quantitative study. The evaluation of psychomotor development was carried out in children from 2 to 5 years of age, who are from the Baños Parish, through the TEPSI Test. The data analysis was performed using the statistical program IBM SPSS version 22. RESULTS In the following study, the results that were obtained are: 100% of the female population showsa normal development, 84.6% of the male population has normal development and 15.4% presents a developmental risk. In ages, from 24 to 36 months, 82.3% present normal development and 17.7% have a risk, from 37 to 48 months 92.3% have a normal development and 7.7% present a risk in development. The 100% of the population from 49 to 60 months has normal development.