Publications by authors named "Heribert L Stich"
Objectives: The aim of the study was to calculate the impact that the duration of attendance and the location of the kindergarten (rural versus urban) has on the prevalence of multiple delays in preschool children.
Methods: We analyzed data from 14,068 preschool children, over a period of 14 consecutive years (1997-2010) from the Bavarian Pre-School Morbidity Survey using software package SPSS 21.0.
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- This study aimed to analyze trends in developmental delays among preschoolers and explore factors affecting their development.
- Researchers reviewed records of nearly 14,000 preschool children in Lower Bavaria from 1997 to 2010, focusing on the prevalence of delays and using regression models to assess the impact of age, sex, and nationality.
- Findings showed significant increases in psychosocial, motor, and cognitive delays, with younger children at higher risk and girls and German nationality offering some protective factors.
- The study highlights the growing need for public health initiatives to support preschoolers with multiple developmental disabilities.
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed developmental delays in 12,399 preschool children in Bavaria, finding that 14% had delays in one area and 19% in two or more areas.
- The most common combination of delays involved fine motor skills and grapho-motor coordination, with five distinct patterns of delays identified.
- The research suggests that clustering of multiple delays is common and should guide diagnostic practices and interventions.
Background: Even minor abnormalities of early child development may have dramatic long term consequences. Accurate prevalence rates for a range of developmental impairments have been difficult to establish. Since related studies have used different methodological approaches, direct comparisons of the prevalence of developmental delays are difficult.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The relative risks and benefits of children attending kindergarten or pre-school remain uncertain and controversial. We used data from the Bavarian Pre-School Morbidity Survey (BPMS) to look at the prevalence of developmental impairments in pre-school children entering primary school and to assess if these were correlated with the duration of kindergarten attendance.
Methods: We collected data from all school beginners in the district of Dingolfing, Bavaria from 2004 to 2007 (n = 4,005) and utilised a retrospective cross-sectional study design to review the information.
Background: Many school-aged children suffer physical and mental impairments which can adversely affect their development and result in significant morbidity. A high proportion of children in western countries attend pre-school, and it is likely that the preschool environment influences the prevalence and severity of these impairments. Currently there is insufficient data available on the prevalence of these impairments and their causal associations.
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