Analysis of research results of physical development in children aged 5-6 years in Stara Zagora Municipality - Bulgaria

Abstract

The high incidence of disturbed posture among preschool children is not only a public concern but also a public health problem for wider preventive measures to improve the motor activity of children. It is necessary to draw up large-scale national programs for early diagnosis and prevention of vertebral distortions at pre-school and school age. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the results of a research of the physical development study in pre-school children aged 5-6 to prevent vertebral distortions and overweight in kindergartens on the territory of the town of Stara Zagora and to prepare a rehabilitation program for prevention of vertebral distortions. The children in 25 kindergartens in Stara Zagora were studied for the period October - December 2017. Out of all 2,029 children, 1483 (73.1%) were examined, of whom 970 children (65.41%) have a disorder, 181 (12.2%) are overweight, the other 333 children (22.39%) have no problems. The largest share of the studied children (75-80%) is in six kindergartens (№7, №25, №3, №23, №10, №8) and the lowest is less than 50% in SG №11. This is proof of the good scale of the study. Physical development study was performed with a specially designed Early Diagram Attachment Card, adapted to the age of the children, corresponding to their physical development, with the tests of OTT and Schober being modified for 5-6 years old children compared to the height. Overweight children were also surveyed by innovative methodology, compliant with the physical development and compared with the height and weight, individual peculiarities and eating habits. In the study of physical development, the total percentage of children with impaired standing was 65.41% with 95% CI (62.91%, 67.83%), confidence interval. Kindergartens with numbers 6, 24, 29 and 34 have statistically significantly higher values of the percentage of children with disordered posture compared to the total for all kindergartens (P <0.05).The high incidence of disturbed posture among preschool children is not only a public concern but also a public health problem for wider preventive measures to improve the motor activity of children. It is necessary to draw up large-scale national programs for early diagnosis and prevention of vertebral distortions at pre-school and school age. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the results of a research of the physical development study in pre-school children aged 5-6 to prevent vertebral distortions and overweight in kindergartens on the territory of the town of Stara Zagora and to prepare a rehabilitation program for prevention of vertebral distortions. The children in 25 kindergartens in Stara Zagora were studied for the period October - December 2017. Out of all 2,029 children, 1483 (73.1%) were examined, of whom 970 children (65.41%) have a disorder, 181 (12.2%) are overweight, the other 333 children (22.39%) have no problems. The largest share of the studied children (75-80%) is in six ...