Temperamental traits for infants and toddlers with rickets / Rabab Salah Eldin Mohamed ; Supervised Elham Elsayed Salem , Fekry Mohamad Aletr , Mona Said Ahmad

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics

The aim of this study was to find out if there were any differences in temperamental traits between ricketic and normal infants and toddlers. If there were any differences did it vary according to gender? A pilot study was done to test the timing of the questionnaire, appropriateness of the scale in terms of the range of difficulty to the parents and clearance of each statement in the questionnaire. Two hundred children were participated in this study. One hundred normal children as group (G1) divided into two equal age groups of 50 children. G {1a} from 6 months to 12 months (28 girls-22 boys) and G {1b} from 18 months to 24 months (24 girls-26 boys) and one hundred ricketic children as group (G2) divided into two equal age groups of 50 children. G {2a} from 6 months to 12 months (27 girls-23 boys) and G {2b} from 18 months to 24 months (24 girls-26 boys). The data regarding to their age and sex had been collected from both questionnaires (Infant behavior questionnaire revised and early childhood behavioral questionnaire). For both groups the measurement of psychological dimensions was taken in one session by an interview with parents for thirty minutes. The results of this study revealed that there were some dimensions with high significant differences and others with significant differences while the rest of dimensions had no statistical significant differences between both groups after considering age and sex differences. Approving that ricketic infants and toddlers differ in their temperamental traits than normal ones

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