prevalence of developmental delay in apparently normal preschool children in isfahan, iran

how to cite this article: yaghini o, kelishadi r, keikha m, niknam n, sadeghi s, najafpour e, ghazavi mr. prevalence of developmental delay in apparently normal preschool children in isfahan, central iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):17-23. abstract objective developmental delay screening is essential in pediatric medicine. the purpose of this study was to estimate the developmental delay in apparently normal children at entry to kindergarten. materials & methods in this cross- sectional study conducted in 2013, the developmental status of a sample of children who entered to kindergarten at the age of 4-60 months were evaluated by the persian version of ages and stages questionnaires (asq) in isfahan county, central iran. results totally 680 children were enrolled, 11.8% of them were suspected to delayed in at least one domain and 1.3% and 1.2% in two and three domains, respectively. developmental delay was in the following items: 5% in problem solving; 4.9% in fine motor; 3.2% in gross motor, 2.2% and 1.2% in personal – social and communication domains, respectively. conclusion considerable proportions of apparently normal children who are entering kindergarten had developmental delay, which could be detected by evaluation with appropriate screening tools.