Family Perception about Surveillance of Psychomotor Development in Infants Aged less than one Year

Abstract

Introduction: Psychomotor development is a gradual and continuous process; Cuban families need tools that allow them to monitor it.

Objective: To describe the families’ perceptions with respect to monitoring the psychomotor development of their infants aged less than one year.

Methods: A qualitative research, of phenomenological type, was carried out in the family doctor and nurse's office 9, belonging to Policlínico Universitario Heroes del Moncada, of Havana, from November 2019 to February 2022. The theoretical reference was the knowledge translation model. The units of analysis were 8 families with an infant aged less than one year and applied the creative sensitive method, using the art dynamics of the "tree of knowledge.” The sessions were recorded, and the narratives were transcribed into a textual body later subjected to content analysis.

Results: The families expressed that the arrival of the child meant joy and family unity, as well as the need to have different materials that help monitor the child’s psychomotor development. Of the 33 guidelines analyzed, it was necessary to translate three into a family language.

Conclusions: The birth of a child had a favorable effect. The used dynamics was effective for the purpose that the studied families describe psychomotor development guidelines for their Cuban children. The need for some kind of tool for monitoring of psychomotor development was evidenced.