Stunting berhubungan dengan perkembangan motorik anak di Kecamatan Sedayu, Bantul, YogyakartaDOI : 10.21927/ijnd.2015.3(1).10-21 | Abstract views : 2749 times

[摘要] Background : Stunting (short body length) is a body condition that is very short until surpass deficit at 2 SD under median of body length or body height of the population that be an international reference. The cause of stunting is food consumption that is not balanced and infectious disease. Many studies showed  the correlation between stunting and poor motoric and mental development in early childhood, and poor cognitive performance and school performance in later childhood. The national prevalence of stunting in 2013 was 37.2%, it increased compared to 2010 (35.6%) and 2007 (36.8%). Objectives : To know the correlation between stunting incidence and the development of 6-23 months old children in Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Methods : This was observational study with cross sectional design. The sample size was 100 children, whose aged 6-23 months old. They consisted of 50 stunting children and 50 non-stunting children who were selected by consecutive sampling methods. Data were collected by using structured questionnaire and assisted by psychologist to measure the development of the children. Stunting in 6-23 months old children was measured by indicator of body length for age (WHO 2005) and the measurement of development used method of Bayley Scales of Infant Development III. Data were analyzed using chi-square test and logistic regression test by 95% confidence interval. Results : Statistically, there was signifi cant correlation between stunting and motoric development of the toddler (p=0.002), but there was no significant correlation between stunting and the development of cognitive, language, socio- emotional, and adaptive of the toddler. The result of multivariate showed that stunting and sex statistically had correlation to the motoric development (p<0.05). Conclusions : Stunting associated with children motoric development in Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul,Yogyakarta.

[关键词] children development;stunting;perkembangan anak;stunting