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Neurodevelopmental lags and type of delivery in a Colombian infant population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

M. Jimenez-Martinez ,
B. M. Bernal-Gómez  and
S. Avila-Jimenez
M. Jimenez-Martinez*
Affiliation:
Psicologia, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Psicologia, Grupo Investigación Medición y Evaluación Psicológica en ambientes básicos y aplicados Medicina, Grupo Investigación Biomedica y de Patologia
B. M. Bernal-Gómez
Affiliation:
Medicina, Grupo Investigación Biomedica y de Patologia Medicina, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
S. Avila-Jimenez
Affiliation:
Medicina, Grupo Investigación Biomedica y de Patologia Medicina, Universidad de Boyacá, Tunja, Colombia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The Choice giving birth by cesarean section when it is not biologically necessary implies a greater risk to the health of the mother and child Toral et al. Eletrônica Estácio Saúde 2018; 95(1) 27-30,refers the psychological relevance to identify perinatal effects of a good medical practice at birth. In this respect Poojari et al. Early Hum Dev 2019;115 93-98, state that a cesarean section as a surgical risk, causes decrease fetal oxygenation and an impairment release of stress-related hormones in the maternal-fetal binomial that does not favor neural connections at birth

Objectives

Identify the neurodevelopmental lags in infant on children under 24 months of age born by cesarean section and vaginal delivery,

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive correlational; Sample consisted of 100 children of a term gestation, 70 with spontaneous vaginal birth and 30 whose birth was by cesarean section, aged between one and twenty-four months; using the Abbreviated Development Scale, an instrument created and validated for the Colombian population (Cronbach’s alpha, 0.94). All parents signed the informed consent.

Results

All test scales were applied (gross and fine motor, language and social personal), the results showed that children born by cesarean section had better development in areas of fine motor and language, while children born by vaginal delivery had better development of gross motor. See (graphic 1).

Graphic 1: Areas of development according to the type of delivery.

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Conclusions

The influence of contextual variables such as age and educational level of the mother on language and social areas was also found

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 67 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 32nd European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2024 , pp. S831 - S832
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