Infant development and parents’ perceptions associated with use of the harris infant neuromotor test

Authors

  • Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso
  • Polyana Candeia Maia
  • Larissa Paiva Silva
  • Grazielle Roberta Freitas da Silva
  • Virginia Ellen Hayes
  • Susan Richardson Harris

Keywords:

Child Development, Caregivers, Nursing.

Abstract

This work aimed to identify the socio-economic, health, and educational profiles of parents, as well as their perceptions of their infants’ motor development in the first year of life. This descriptive study was carried out from November/2008 to February/2009. Participants in the study were 50 infants and 50 parents/guardians, in Fortaleza-Brazil. We used the Portuguese version of the Harris Infant Neuromotor Test (HINT) with infants ranging in age from 3 months to 11 months and 20 days. Twenty-six infants (52%) were boys. The mean age of the mothers was 24.5 years. Of the caregivers, 23 (46%) lived in stablemarital relationships, Sixteen (32%) had finished secondary education, and 27 (54%) of the families had incomes between R$ 464,72 (US$202.05) and R$ 929,44 (US$404.10). Participating caregivers were generally accurate in their own perceptions of their children’s development when compared to the numeric HINT scores assessed by nurses trained in infant development.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2010011esp000014

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2010-12-20

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Cardoso, M. V. L. M. L., Maia, P. C., Silva, L. P., Silva, G. R. F. da, Hayes, V. E., & Harris, S. R. (2010). Infant development and parents’ perceptions associated with use of the harris infant neuromotor test. Rev Rene, 11. Retrieved from http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4692

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