Background: There are several environmental factors which influence the preschoolers psychomotor development and the most considerable ones are socioeconomic status and day cares learning&care environment. Aim of this study is to assess how the change of socioeconomic gradient and the quality of care environment influence the average and the differences in psychometric domains of ASQ3 in preschoolers. Method: We assessed the psychometric parameters of all preschoolers enrolled in some of day cares in Vlora city, Albania using the ASQ3. We also assessed the quality of care environment according to ECERSR and the socioeconomic status upon the fathers occupation. Results: In the end of this research we found that not only a considerable percentage of preschoolers included in this study have psychomotor delays, but also that these delays and the average of psychomotor development have a significant relationship with the environment factors, as socioeconomic status and care environment. Conclusions: Children development depends more on instructing capacities of kindergartens staff than mothers. So the public health workers should work more with mothers in this direction, focusing in the lowest socioeconomic classes., Aurela Saliaj, Ermira Kola, Lorena Lazaj, Majlinda Rakipaj, Emiljana Çorraj, and Literatura
Cílem studie bylo zhodnotit sluchové ztráty pedagogů mateřských škol, které by mohly souviset s expozicí hluku, který vzniká v dětském kolektivu. Kvalita sluchového prahu byla vyšetřována pomocí tónového audiometru. K získání důležitých anamnestických dat byl používán předem sestavený dotazník. Celý soubor byl rozdělen na tři skupiny, podle délky praxe. Sluchová ostrost byla hodnocena pomocí průměrných ztrát sluchu na vyšetřovaných frekvencích (125–8000 Hz), srovnáním s normou ČSN EN ISO 7029 a pomocí procentuálních ztrát sluchu dle Fowlera. Ve srovnání s normou nebyly zjištěny u pedagogů mateřských škol významně vyšší ztráty. Sluchový práh se zhoršoval s délkou praxe (bez adjustace na věk), nejvýrazněji na vysokých frekvencích (6–8 kHz). Výsledné audiogramy neodpovídají ztrátám sluchu z profesionální expozice hluku, ale procesům stárnutí sluchového aparátu vlivem věku. Z nespecifických účinků hluku se u pedagogů vyskytovala únava (71 %), porucha soustředění (66 %), bolest hlavy (61 %) a stres (58 %). Zažívací obtíže byly zaznamenány u 30 %, vysoký tlak u 25 % respondentů., The aim of the study was to evaluate hearing loss in nursery school teachers as potentially related to occupational noise exposure from children. The quality of the auditory threshold was measured using a tone audiometer. A questionnaire was used to obtain important anamnestic data. The whole set was divided into three groups according to length of practice. Hearing acuity was assessed using average hearing loss at investigated frequencies (125–8000 Hz), compared to ČSN EN ISO 7029 standard and using the hearing loss percentage according to Fowler. Compared to existing norms no significant cases of hearing loss were detected among nursery school teachers. The auditory threshold deteriorated length of practice (without adjustment for age), most significantly at high frequencies (6–8 kHz). Resulting audiograms do not comply with hearing loss from occupational exposure to noise, but expected age-related deterioration. Among non-specific effects of noise fatigue (71%), impaired concentration (66%), headache (61%) and stress (58%) were detected. Digestive problems were reported in 30% of teachers. High blood pressure was reported in 25% of respondents., Petra Sachová, Eva Mrázková, Kristýna Richterová, Hana Tomášková, Vladimír Janout, and Literatura