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. 2020 May 13;20:216. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02128-3

Table 2.

Prevalence of developmental delays in the social development (N = 5595)

DESK-results
Reasonable finding
(stanine value = 1)
Inconclusive finding
(stanine value = 2)
No finding
(stanine value = 3–9)
M (SD)
n % n % n %
Total 539 9.6 348 6.2 4.708 84.2 4.86 (2.10)
Sex
 Female 154 5.5 135 4.8 2.521 89.7 5.31 (1.97)
 Male 385 13.8 213 7.6 2.187 78.6 4.40 (2.13)
Age
 3 years 119 8.5 89 6.4 1.185 85.1 5.14 (2.23)
 4 years 166 9.9 140 8.4 1.367 81.7 4.88 (2.15)
 5/6 years 254 10.0 119 4.7 2.156 85.3 4.68 (1.98)

Note. DESK - Dortmund Preschool Developmental Screening DESK 3–6, M = mean, SD Standard deviation