Intellectual Development in Children with Congenital Metabolic Diseases: Experience in a Family Medicine Unit

Abstract

Objective: to assess the intellectual coefficient (iq) in patients diagnosed with Congenital Metabolic Disease (cmd) through expanded neonatal screening and the Weschler scale of intellectual development. Material and methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study with a non-random sample of 20 cases of patients diagnosed with cmd from the Mental Health Department of the Family Medicine Unit (fmu) no. 14, Northern Delegation, of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (imss), in Mexico City, who joined the detection of cmd program. Once they were diagnosed it was made an interdisciplinary approach and it was assessed the intellectual development through the Wechsler scale. It was applied, to the results, a statistical treatment of frequencies and percentages. Results: 75% of the studied population was female and 25% male; 95% presented congenital hypothyroidism and 5% phenylketonuria; the average iq was 104.35 points. Conclusions: the interdisciplinary approach favors a comprehensive and timely health care; in addition, it highlights the importance of the psychological area in the development of cognitive, social and emotional skills in children with Congenital Metabolic Disease.