Publications by authors named "Ratanotai Plubrukarn"
Background: Using screening tools to enhance early detection of psychosocial problems can lead to timely intervention and appropriate referral to general practices.
Objective: To assess whether the Thai version of Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is suitable for screening of psychosocial dysfunction.
Material And Method: A cross sectional study was conducted among 160 children aged 6-11 years seeking care at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health from November 2006 to December 2007.
Background: Increases in the incidence and prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders have been reported recently in the United States and Europe, but there are only a few reports on the trend of this problem in Thailand.
Objectives: To study trend in autistic spectrum disorder patients and to find the factors that correlate with the incidence of this disorder at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.
Material And Method: A hospital-based prospective trend study was conducted in patients aged less than 12 years old, who attended the Child and Adolescent Department, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, form January 1998 to December 2002.
Background: Human-figure-drawing abilities are related with cognitive development in children. As cognitive skills progress, drawing abilities also improve in details and sex differentiation. The Goodenough-Harris (G-H) drawing test was developed to score human figure drawing with separate norms for males and females.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Near-drowning is common in children and has a high mortality rate. Some survivors remain in a vegetative state after the accident and are a great burden to their family and society.
Objectives: To find out whether outcomes on near drowning can be reliably identified early in the course of illness.