Urinary calcium and gross movements levels among Hui nationality children in rural area of Ningxia with establised card household
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.12.026
- VernacularTitle:宁夏农村建档立卡回族幼儿尿钙与粗大动作水平调查分析
- Author:
YIN Ding
1
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan(750004), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Urine;
Calcium;
Growth and development;
Child;
Rural population;
Minority groups
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(12):1868-1871
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the urinary calcium and gross motor levels among Hui nationality children aged 3-6 years in rural Areas of Ningxia with establised card household, and to provide evidence for the improvement of urinary calcium and gross motor levels in this group.
Methods:Using convenient sampling method, 24 rural kindergartens in 8 poor counties in Ningxia were selected, and 358 registered Hui children were investigated and tested for urinary calcium and gross motor levels. Morning Urinary calcium was tested by using test kit. Gross Motor Development Test Scale version 3 (TGMD-3) was used to assess gross motor development in children.
Results:Calcium deficiency in boys and girls accounted for 23.6% and 38.6% respectively, the difference was statistically significant(χ2=6.83, P<0.01). In each age groups, the number of boys and girls with calcium deficiency was relatively high, in the corresponding total number of children, and the younger age group was obvious, and the proportion of girls was higher. In terms of the level of coarse movements, the overall scores of mobile movements, ball movements and movement development showed that the scores increased with age(F=4.39, 4.20, 4.13, 4.60, 4.80, 4.77, P<0.05). In terms of mobile action level, boys were higher than girls in 4 age groups(3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5.5 year-old groups), while in other age groups were lower than girls. In all age groups, both boys and girls showed higher mobility scores than ball skills. In terms of ball skills, the scores of girls aged 3 and boys aged 3.5-6 were higher than those of girls. In terms of overall performance, boys were higher than girls in most of age groups. In the 3-3.5 years old and 4-6 age groups, 26.6% and 56.4%, 5.3% and 11.4% of children showed delays in mobile and ball skills.No correlation between urinary calcium and gross motor level was found in the normal group and the delayed group(r=0.33, 0.37, P>0.05).
Conclusion:Among those 3-6 year old Hui children with established card household in Ningxia rural areas, uneven development of urine calcium and gross movements are noticed. There are a large proportion of children with calcium deficiency and gross movements development delay, active measures should be developed and be carrtied out.
