UDC

616-007.7–053.5:616.899

DOI

10.37482/2687-1491-Z076

Authors

Ol’ga V. Smirnova* ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3992-9207
Elizaveta S. Ovcharenko* ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6884-7871
Eduard V. Kasparov* ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5988-1688
Vera V. Fefelova* ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2865-866X

*Research Institute for Medical Problems in the North, Federal Research Center *Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
(Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)

Abstract

Parameters of physical development are known to be informative indicators of health status and adaptation processes, as well as markers of social, hygienic and environmental well-being both in healthy children and those with various pathological conditions. The purpose of this article was to study the characteristics of the physical status of children with intellectual disabilities. Materials and methods. We examined 168 children of primary school age (7–11 years) studying in secondary schools of Krasnoyarsk. The subjects were divided into two groups: the first group included 54 children with intellectual disability (F70, F71 according to ICD-10), the second group included 114 children without intellectual disability. Anthropometric characteristics and level of physical development were studied taking into account regional centile tables. The harmony of physical development was assessed using the Quetelet index. Results. The physical development of children with intellectual disability is characterized by a lag in anthropometric characteristics compared with intellectually healthy children: body length was 133.0 and 137.3 cm (p = 0.048), head circumference 51.0 and 52.5 cm (p = 0.002) respectively. The first group also had a statistically significantly lower percentage of children with harmonious physical development (37 %, p = 0.045) against the background of pronounced disharmony (underweight in 31.5 %, excess body weight in 31.5 % of children) compared to their healthy peers (harmonious development in 55 %, underweight in 16 %, overweight in 29 % of children). Further research into the constitution of children with intellectual disability can form the basis for the development of corrective measures, taking into account the specific typological characteristics of children in this group.

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Corresponding author: Elizaveta Ovcharenko, address: ul. Partizana Zheleznyaka 3G, Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation; e-mail: sci.work@mail.ru
For citation: Smirnova O.V., Ovcharenko E.S., Kasparov E.V., Fefelova V.V. Physical Status of Primary School Children with Intellectual Disability Living in the City of Krasnoyarsk. Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2021, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 385–393. DOI: 10.37482/2687-1491-Z076

Keywords

level of physical development, harmonious development, intellectual disability, primary school-age children

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