INDICADORES CLÍNICOS DE REFERÊNCIA AO DESENVOLVIMENTO INFANTIL E SUA RELAÇÃO COM FATORES OBSTÉTRICOS, PSICOSSOCIAIS E SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS.

Results from Reference Clinical Indexes for Children's Development (IRDI) and obstetric, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors are compared and contrasted. Twenty-five pre-term and 55 term children, aged 3 - 9 months old, were analyzed, focusing on the presence or absence of psychic risk. Variables with a relationship to psychic risk were male children, type of feeding during the first six months, exclusive or formulated, mother without any partner that helps in baby care, mother's age between 20 and 35 years old, and the child not sleeping alone in the cot or perambulator after nine months. The above factors were associated with alteration in mother-child relationship, affected IRDI and, consequently, indicating impairments for the psychic constitution and/or other aspects in child development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]