HIỆU QUẢ BỔ SUNG THỰC PHẨM TĂNG CƯỜNG VI CHẤT DINH DƯỠNG ĐỐI VỚI PHÁT TRIỂN TÂM VẬN ĐỘNG CỦA TRẺ TẠI THỜI ĐIỂM 3 THÁNG TUỔI VÀ 6 THÁNG TUỔI

Abstract

Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of the supplementation of food fortified
with micronutrients for pregnant women on their infants’ psychomotor development at
3 months and 6 months of age. Method: a randomized controlled trial was designed
for pregnant women to be followed up from 16 weeks of gestation until 6 months after
delivery. Their infants who had birth weight from above 2500 gram were recruited to
measure psychomotor development by Denver II test. Indicators included grades on personal social; fine motor, language and gross motor areas; prevalence of psychomotor development at normal and good level and prevalence of developmental delay. The result
showed that: at the age of 3 months, infants in intervention group whose mothers were
given supplementation had higher grades on personal-social, and gross motor than those
in controlled group (3.5 ± 0.9 and 2.7 ± 0.7 versus 3.1 ± 0.9 and 2.4 ± 0.7, respectively
(p<0.05), development quotient in these two group were 108.5 ± 15.,2 and 99.5 ± 18.5
(p<0.05). Prevalence of developmental delay in these two group were 12.5% and 27.7%
(p<0.05), good mental development were 27.7% and 42.2% (p<0.05). At the age of 6
months there were no difference between two groups. Conclusion: the supplementation
of food fortified with micronutrient for pregnant women had effectiveness on their infants’ psychomotor development at 3 months of age.