1Tikrit College of Nursing, Iraq
2Diyla Health Directorate, Iraq
3Salah Al-Deen Health Directorate, Iraq
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.
Prevalence of developmental delay risk factors in children in Ba'aquba-Iraq, risk factors for developmental delay in children in Iraq
