TY - JOUR AU - Zehra Habib Hasan , AU - Fariha Shaheen, AU - Arjumand Rizvi, AU - Jelena Obradovic, AU - Aisha Khan Yousafzai, PY - 2021/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Evaluating Motor Performance with the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency in impoverished Pakistani Children JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association JA - J Pak Med Assoc VL - 71 IS - 6 SE - Research Article DO - 10.47391/JPMA.1111 UR - https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/484 SP - 1556-1560 AB - <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Children’s cognitive and motor development is intertwined with their nutritional status and compromised by an impoverished environment. This study examined a modified Bruininks Oseretsky Test of motor proficiency - Brief Form (BOT2 BF) to evaluate its sensitivity in identifying motor differences secondary to malnutrition and poverty. <br /><strong>Methods</strong>: Data was drawn from 1058 children who participated in a responsive-stimulation and nutrition intervention in the first two years of life. Outcome measures included motor development assessed via BOT2 BF, child anthropometry (height- and weight-for-age), according to the World Health Organization growth reference charts and household economic and demographic information collected using a family report questionnaire. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Mann Whitney U test was significant for malnutrition, socio-economic status and maternal literacy at p&lt; 0.05, for a 6-item motor composite of BOT2 BF. Psychometric properties of the BOT2 BF were robust for this Pakistani cohort. <br />Conclusion: A 6-item motor composite of BOT2 BF is a reliable tool to measure motor performance in Pakistani pre-school children</p><p><strong>Continuous....</strong></p> ER -