Pengaruh Stunting Terhadap Perkembangan Motorik Halus, Motorik Kasar, Bahasa Dan Personal Sosial Pada Anak Balita Usia 2-5 Tahun Di Desa Madiredo Kecamatan Pujon Kabupaten Malang

Abstract

Stunting is one of the growth problems that occurs in children due to chronic malnutrition for a long period so that they are shorter and thinner than those at their age. If the children's growth is stunted, then the children’s development process that includes the development of fine motor, gross motor, language and personal-social can also be stunted. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stunting on the development of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, language and personal-social of children aged 2-5 years in Desa Madiredo, Kecamatan Pujon, Kabupaten Malang. The design of this study was cross sectional. Stunting nutritional status was measured by the z-score of height for age (HAZ), it was obtained < median age of HAZ < age chronological children were compared. Meanwhile, children’s development was measured using the Denver Development Screening Test II (Denver II). The subjects in this study were children aged 2-5 years in Desa Madiredo (n = 46) who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were selected by purposive sampling method. The results of the study implementing the Fisher's Exact Test (α = 0.05) indicated that stunting did not have a significant effect on fine motor development (p value = 0.233) and gross motor (p value = 0.109). Meanwhile, stunting had a significant effect on the language development (p value = 0.022) and personal-social (p value = 0.004). The conclusion of this study was that stunting affected the language and personal-social development of children aged 2-5 years. The suggestion for the community was to pay attention continuously to the growth and development of children well, because both were closely interrelated to improve the quality of human resources. Keywords: Development, Child, Stunting