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JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, N0 61, 2010 STUDY ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOME RELATED FACTORS OF INFANTS IN HUE CITY - VIETNAM, 2009-2010 Hoang Thi Bach Yen, Hoang Anh Tien , Nguyen Van Dat, Dinh Thanh Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University SUMMARY Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity For children, good health is very important because it is the foundation for physical, psychomotor development Nutrition for children in the first years plays an important role in the development process and quality of life of each individual Insufficient nutrition in this period can lead to poor physical and mental development, and even diseases This study was conducted with two objectives: To assess the physical, psychomotor development of infants in Hue City in 2009-2010; and to identify factors relating to physical, psychomotor development of infants Methodology: A cross-sectional study was implemented with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods Results: The prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting malnutrition were 2.07%, 1.55% and 4.39%, respectively Prevalence of delayed psychomotor development was 8.27% There was a correlation between the time of having complementary feeding and weight-for-length (r= - 0.156, p0.05 Total 17 53.12 15 46.88 32 100.0 Among domains, gross motor and language accounted for the highest prevalence of the delay (51.16% and 23.26% respectively) Except for the personal – social domain, the rest ones showed the delay on male rather than female A statistically-significant difference was observed between genders for all delayed domains 4.2 Factors relating to physical and psychomotor development of infants 4.2.1 Characteristics of the infants during neonatal period Table Characteristics of the infants during the neonatal period Characteristics 355 91.73 25 6.46 1.81 Total 387 100.0 Vaginal delivery 255 65.89 Interventional birth 132 34.11 Total Diseases during neonatal Full-term Post-term Way of delivery % Pre-term Term n 387 100.0 Yes 41 10.59 542 period No 89.41 Total 387 100.0 Severe jaundice 10 22.73 Neonatal infection 15.91 Others 24 61.36 Total Which disease 346 41 100.0 Weight at birth There were 24 (6.20%) of infants with a birth weight under 2500gr Among of them (2.33%) was pre-term The weight at birth was 3100 ± 400 grams 4.2.2 Feeding practice 4.2.2.1 Breastfeeding Table Breastfeeding practice Breastfeeding practice 2.07 Sugar 1.55 Infant formula 152 39.28 16 4.13 Total 387 100.00 Yes 378 97.67 No 2.33 Total 387 100.00 Insufficient supply of milk 77.78 Mother using Insulin 11.11 Non – protractile nipple 11.11 Total Time of first breast feeding 52.97 Others Reasons for not breast feeding 205 Liquorice Breast feeding % Breast milk The first food after birth n 100.00