Risk Factors for Developmental Delay among Children in Ba'aquba-Iraq Sarhat Ashoor R.1,*, Jihad Saif Saad2, Rahuman Sarab K. Abdal3 1Tikrit College of Nursing, Iraq 2Diyla Health Directorate, Iraq 3Salah Al-Deen Health Directorate, Iraq *Corresponding author: Ashoor R. Sarhat. Tikrit College of Nursing, Iraq, E-mail: ashoor.sarhat@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract This study aims at studying the most common risk factors of delayed developmental milestones in children under 3 years of age attending Al-Batool Teaching Hospital in Ba'aquba-Iraq. A cross sectional descriptive observational study done on a randomly selected sample of (200) children of age between (6–36) months who present with suspected developmental delay. The male were 88 (44%), and 112 (56%) female. The prevalence of suspected developmental delay was 16 (8%). The prevalence of different risk factors for developmental delay were: problems during pregnancy 4 (9.1%), hospitalization 8 (18.2%), severe jaundice 1 (2.3%), serious disease 11 (25%), and family history of mental or congenital disorder 5 (11.4%). From children with suspected developmental delay, there was higher male to female ratio of 1.2: 1. Top Keywords Prevalence of developmental delay risk factors in children in Ba'aquba-Iraq, risk factors for developmental delay in children in Iraq. Top |