Awareness Of Gross Motor Milestones Among Mothers in Rural and Urban Areas

Gross motor milestones among rural and urban areas

Abstract

Advancement incorporates the subjective and quantitative changes that happen in a child. Aptitudes such as social grinning, slithering, the primary walking steps, getting a handle on, and the primary talked word are known as formative breakthroughs. Children who don't accomplish formative turning points at the anticipated ages are said to have deferred formative breakthroughs. Methods: This cross-sectional study accomplished in 6 months included 206 participants 103 rural and 103 urban mothers were enrolled by convenience sampling technique according to the predefined selection criteria. The participants were completely informed about the purpose and procedure of the study. The appropriate verbal and written consent had been taken from the participants and the questionnaire of the study was given to the participants. The demographic data and self-generated questionnaire were used for assessing the outcomes of the patient. The questionnaire consists of 19 questions. All the information had been taken with the patient’s consent. After gathering all the data, SPSS version 23 has been used for statistical analysis. Results: The graph has been plotted based on information that out of 206, 97 (47.1%) rural mothers were aware of gross motor milestones, and 109 (52.9%) urban mothers were aware of gross motor milestones. Conclusion: The study showed that urban mothers have better awareness regarding every developmental gross motor skill as compared to rural mothers. Mothers who are living in a joint family are way more aware of gross motor milestones than mothers living isolated.

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