Background: Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that results in difficulty in motor coordination observed in school-going children that interferes with classroom performance. Suspected DCD (S-DCD) children may show poor motor, as well as academic performance at school, and hence the present study aimed to find out the prevalence of S-DCD in children of age 5-10 years in central India and to find its association with preterm and/or low birth weight (LBW).

Method: A total of 716 normal school-going children of age 5-10 years (both genders) were included in the study from four schools of the city by stratified sampling method. Children with any diagnosed neurological, orthopedic, rheumatologic, metabolic, cardiopulmonary, or psychological disorders were excluded. Data was collected using the parent-administered Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire-2007 (DCDQ'07) and a parent/caregiver proforma. Children were sorted into three age subgroups (5-7.11 years, 8-9.11 years and 9-9.11 years).

Result: Prevalence of S-DCD in 5-7.11 years (21.5%), 8-9.11years (23.9%) and is highest in 10-10.11 years (30.6%). Preterm children showed a higher prevalence of S-DCD (preterm: 29.54%, term: 23.10%). Children with LBW also showed a higher prevalence of S-DCD (30.15%) and among normal birth weight (21.43%). In children with both preterm and LBW history, the prevalence of suspected DCD was found to be 51.72%.

Conclusion: Prevalence of suspected DCD was found to be 23.9% in the 5-10 years age group. It was also observed that S-DCD is strongly associated with preterm, as well as low birth weight in children of age 5-10 years.

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