Abstract
Quality of Life (QoL) is a predictor of development depending on multiple factors, being the QoL of infants still little studied, especially in permanent settings such as infants educational center or daycare centers. Correlate quality of life with age, family income and the neuropsychomotor development of infants between 4 and 18 months of age in daycare centers. Descriptive transverse study research, with clinical trials registration : RBR 2hd6sm on November 2, 2016. Quality of life was evaluated with interviews with the family through Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory-PedsQL™ (Brazilian version). The infants were evaluated in a playful way, through the use of Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and Denver II test . 88 infants participated in the study. The infants evaluated had a good quality of life, with scores above 64%. AIMS presented the correlation with for physical functioning and total score of QoL. QoL of infants from 4 to 18 months of age is correlated with their neuropsychomotor development, which suggests the need for investigations between this theme and daycare centers.
Highlights
Quality of Life (QoL) is a predictor of development and embraces components of well-being, in an ecological perspective, depending on multiple factors, such as familiar and social relations, economic conditions, among others; it can be considered subjectively or objectively[1,2]
It is believed that neuropsychomotor development (NPMD) on children is a result of the influence of multiple systems and extrinsic factors related to environment and task, in a nonlinear manner, with critical periods of development
This association reinforces the necessity of monitoring of children in all aspects, by understanding and keeping up with the QoL, which means the comprehension of the impact and of the NPMD in a multifactorial way. It is proposed monitoring verifying long term effects and the establishment of parameters through the use of PedsQLTM, an easy applicable tool that can identify several aspects related to the QoL. This is the first study to address the QoL of infants
Summary
Quality of Life (QoL) is a predictor of development and embraces components of well-being, in an ecological perspective, depending on multiple factors, such as familiar and social relations, economic conditions, among others; it can be considered subjectively or objectively[1,2]. When it comes to very young children, self-reports are not possible, and parents or the closest caregivers are the most indicated to identify and quantify these[3]. It is believed that neuropsychomotor development (NPMD) on children is a result of the influence of multiple systems and extrinsic factors related to environment and task, in a nonlinear manner, with critical periods of development This is what guides current conceptions and studies[5]. In the current literature no studies about QoL of infants have been found
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