Table 1 Assessment by child health care (CHC) psychologist's in conversations with parents of children with neurodevelopmental problems
| Â | Presence of neurodevelopmental problems (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys and girls | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||
n | No | Mild | Severe | n | No | Mild | Severe | n | No | Mild | Severe | |
Parents or others worried or reacted about the child's development | 150 | 10 (7) | 77 (51) | 63 (42) | 112 | 6 (5) | 58 (52) | 48 (43) | 38 | 4 (10) | 9 (30) | 15 (40) |
Mother had psychological or medical complications during pregnancy | 147 | 97 (66) | 38 (26) | 12 (8) | 111 | 71 (64) | 29 (26) | 11 (10) | 36 | 26 (72) | 9 (25) | 1 (3) |
Psychological or medical complications during childbirth | 146 | 16 (80) | 22 (15) | 8 (5) | 109 | 96 (79) | 16 (15) | 7 (6) | 37 | 30 (81) | 6 (16) | 1 (3) |
Difficult to understand the child emotional needs | 148 | 68 (46) | 60 (40) | 20 (14) | 111 | 52 (47) | 45 (40) | 14 (13) | 37 | 16 (43) | 15 (41) | 6 (16) |
Neuropsychiatric impairments in the family | 147 | 66 (45) | 48 (33) | 33 (22) | 111 | 49 (44) | 35 (32) | 27 (24) | 36 | 17 (47) | 13 (36) | 6 (17) |
Developmental delay during infancy | 151 | 104 (69) | 33 (22) | 14 (9) | 114 | 78 (68) | 27 (24) | 9 (8) | 37 | 26 (70) | 6 (16) | 5 (14) |
Difficulties with sleep, food intake, emotion regulation during infancy | 149 | 86 (58) | 37 (25) | 26 (17) | 113 | 70 (62) | 27 (24) | 16 (14) | 36 | 16 (44) | 10 (28) | 10 (28) |
Difficulties in gross or fine motor skills | 147 | 110 (75) | 34 (23) | 3 (2) | 111 | 80 (72) | 28 (25) | 3 (3) | 36 | 30 (83) | 6 (17) | 0 (0) |
Difficulties in communication skills | 150 | 43 (29) | 64 (42) | 43 (29) | 113 | 31 (27) | 48 (43) | 34 (30) | 37 | 12 (33) | 16 (43) | 9 (24) |
Perception deviations | 151 | 81 (57) | 52 (37) | 8 (6) | 108 | 61 (56) | 41 (38) | 6 (6) | 33 | 20 (61) | 11 (33) | 2 (6) |
Problem-solving skills in relation to age | 140 | 121 (72) | 24 (17) | 15 (11) | 108 | 80 (74) | 15 (14) | 13 (12) | 32 | 21 (66) | 9 (28) | 2 (6) |
Independence in managing daily activities in relation to age | 148 | 85 (57) | 15 (34) | 13 (9) | 113 | 64 (56) | 7 (33) | 12 (11) | 35 | 21 (60) | 13 (37) | 1 (3) |
Social ability | 148 | 41 (28) | 72 (49) | 35 (23) | 112 | 28 (25) | 55 (49) | 29 (26) | 36 | 13 (36) | 17 (47) | 6 (17) |
Ability to concentrate, attention and endurance | 146 | 32 (22) | 63 (43) | 51 (35) | 113 | 20 (18) | 48 (42) | 45 (40) | 33 | 12 (36) | 15 (46) | 6 (18) |
Activity level and impulse control | 148 | 43 (29) | 52 (35) | 53 (36) | 113 | 27 (24) | 40 (35) | 46 (41) | 35 | 16 (46) | 12 (34) | 7 (20) |
Mental well-being | 147 | 56 (38) | 56 (38) | 35 (24) | 111 | 43 (39) | 44 (40) | 24 (21) | 36 | 13 (36) | 12 (33) | 11 (31) |
Repetitive patterns in behavior, special interests, difficulty with imaginative play | 148 | 83 (56) | 54 (37) | 11 (7) | 112 | 62 (55) | 41 (37) | 9 (8) | 36 | 21 (58) | 13 (36) | 2 (6) |
Absence attacks, fluctuations in behavior and cognitive level, pronounced sleep disturbance | 143 | 116 (82) | 17 (12) | 9 (6) | 107 | 85 (79) | 14 (13) | 8 (8) | 35 | 31 (88) | 3 (9) | 1 (3) |