Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Background: Visual-motor integration (VMI) skills are essential for successful academic performance, but to date no studies have assessed these skills in a population-based cohort of Australian Aboriginal children who, like many children in other remote, disadvantaged communities, consistently under...
| Publicado en: | Research in Developmental Disabilities Vol. 55; pp. 346 - 358 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Aug2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=116988682&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 116988682 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 08914222 JJZ jtl: Research in Developmental Disabilities issn: 08914222 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2016 vid: 55 pid: 2410 pub: Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science artinfo: ui: 116988682 116988682 NLM27228005 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.05.009 NLM27228005 116988682 ppf: 346 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. aug: au: Doney, Robyn Lucas, Barbara R. Watkins, Rochelle E. Tsang, Tracey W. Sauer, Kay Howat, Peter Latimer, Jane Fitzpatrick, James P. Oscar, June Carter, Maureen Elliott, Elizabeth J. affil: School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia sug: subj: Motor Skills Disorders Physiopathology Psychomotor Performance Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Visual Perception Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Physiopathology Motor Skills Child Alcohol Drinking Epidemiology Female Prospective Studies Pregnancy Prevalence Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Epidemiology Ethanol Western Australia Maternal Exposure Central Nervous System Depressants Aboriginal Australians Statistics and Numerical Data Motor Skills Disorders Epidemiology Clinical Assessment Tools Child: 6-12 years Female ab: Background: Visual-motor integration (VMI) skills are essential for successful academic performance, but to date no studies have assessed these skills in a population-based cohort of Australian Aboriginal children who, like many children in other remote, disadvantaged communities, consistently underperform academically. Furthermore, many children in remote areas of Australia have prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which are often associated with VMI deficits.Methods: VMI, visual perception, and fine motor coordination were assessed using The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, including its associated subtests of Visual Perception and Fine Motor Coordination, in a cohort of predominantly Australian Aboriginal children (7.5-9.6 years, n=108) in remote Western Australia to explore whether PAE adversely affected test performance. Cohort results were reported, and comparisons made between children i) without PAE; ii) with PAE (no FASD); and iii) FASD. The prevalence of moderate (≤16th percentile) and severe (≤2nd percentile) impairment was established.Results: Mean VMI scores were 'below average' (M=87.8±9.6), and visual perception scores were 'average' (M=97.6±12.5), with no differences between groups. Few children had severe VMI impairment (1.9%), but moderate impairment rates were high (47.2%). Children with FASD had significantly lower fine motor coordination scores and higher moderate impairment rates (M=87.9±12.5; 66.7%) than children without PAE (M=95.1±10.7; 23.3%) and PAE (no FASD) (M=96.1±10.9; 15.4%).Conclusions: Aboriginal children living in remote Western Australia have poor VMI skills regardless of PAE or FASD. Children with FASD additionally had fine motor coordination problems. VMI and fine motor coordination should be assessed in children with PAE, and included in FASD diagnostic assessments. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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