Parental Perception Of Low Iq Facts Or Fiction: Retrospective Data From Clinic In Semi Rural Maharashtra
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2019-10
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Sumathi Publications
Abstract
Objective: To study the association between physical and psychological problems perceived by parents and the IQ of their children. Methods: We studied 981 children in the child development center at Ahmednagar. Median age at followup was 7.8y (Q25=5.6y and Q75=10.4y, Babies underwent IQ evaluation by Binet Kamat scale (n=981); also their physical and psychological problems perceived by parents were documented. We categorized children into 4 categories using number of problems (physical and psychological separately) viz 1 (no problem), 2 (1 problem), 3 (2 problems), 4 (>2 problems). When we looked at physical problem data, 555 (56.6%) had no problem, 251 (25.6%) had 1, 117 (11.9%) had 2, and remaining 58 (5.9%) had more than 2. For psychological problems like not interested in studies, speech problems don't remember, don't understand, cannot concentrate, fears, etc. The distribution was 221 (22.5%), 212 (21.6%), 222 (22.6%) and 326 (33.3%) respectively. Result: The increasing trend of mean IQ for physical problem parameters from nil to >2 categories and decreasing prevalence of low IQ using Binet Kamat scale were not significant. However, for psychological problems the decreasing and statistically significant trend (p=0.000) was present for mean IQ, and a significant increasing trend (p=0.029) for prevalence of low IQ was observed. Conclusion: Psychological problems were associated with IQ. Numbers of problems were inversely correlated with IQ.
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Parental Perception, Low IQ, Behavioral Problems, Physical Problems.
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Tamboli Suchit Suresh, Joglekar Charudatt, Desle Vasant, Tamboli Anvesh . Parental Perception Of Low Iq Facts Or Fiction: Retrospective Data From Clinic In Semi Rural Maharashtra . International Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research. 2019 Oct; 5(4): 5-9