14 May 2021: Clinical Research
Recognizing Early Regulation Disorders in Pediatric Care: The For Healthy Offspring Project
Noémi Scheuring 1ABCDEFG , Ildikó Danis 2ABCDEF , Eszter Papp 1BDEF , Pálma Benedek 3BDEF , Tünde Németh 4BDEF , Ágnes Gulácsi 1BCDEF , László Szabó 15ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930214
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e930214
Table 3 Frequency of early behavior regulation problems and other frequent medical diagnoses*.
| Diagnostic categories in the medical examinations | Subsample where medical examinations were conducted (n=619) | Not referred to the screening program after medical examinations (n=436) | Referred to the screening program after medical examinations (n=183) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive crying, restlessness | 15.0% | 5.7% | 37.2% |
| Sleeping problems | |||
| Sleep disorders (sleep awakenings, sleep-onset problems) | 15.2% | 0.7% | |
| Snoring | 2.9% | 1.6% | |
| Feeding and weight gain problems | |||
| Breastfeeding difficulty | 10.3% | 4.1% | |
| Loss of appetite – normal weight gain | 5.0% | 1.8% | |
| No weight gain or weight loss – alimentary | 3.2% | 0.9% | |
| No weight gain or weight loss – organic | 6.6% | 8.3% | 2.7% |
| Breathing problems | |||
| Irregular breathing | 4.5% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| Affective apnea | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.7% |
| Breathing stops | 6.6% | 9.2% | 0.5% |
| Indeterminate symptoms of the infant | 10.5% | 12.8% | 4.9% |
| Symptoms of possible neurological conditions | |||
| Uncertain sickness, bizarre movements | 4.8% | 5.5% | 3.3% |
| Activity or concentration difficulties | 4.4% | 1.4% | |
| Pulmonological conditions or recurrent upper airway infections | |||
| Recurrent upper airway infections | 24.2% | 25.5% | 21.3% |
| Recurrent wheezing | 23.9% | 30.7% | 7.7% |
| Subglottic laryngitis | 9.9% | 11.5% | 6.0% |
| Gastrointestinal complaints | |||
| Abdominal colic | 12.3% | 8.7% | |
| Constipation | 4.0% | 1.6% | |
| * In n=619 cases, medical examinations were carried out, followed by a deeper screening program for regulation disorders in n=183 cases, while in n=436 cases this was not necessary. presents the prevalences of different disease and disorder categories in each subgroup, showing higher prevalences of regulation disorders in the screening subgroup (see bold figures). | |||