Table 3.
Purposes of hospital visits and the average age of language delay
| Number of children | Average language delay (mo) | p-valuea) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purposes of hospital visits | 0.588 | |||
| Referred after the national health screening program for infants and children | 792 (71.9) | 24.12±17.04 | ||
| Requesting developmental rehabilitation services | 149 (13.5) | 24.69±16.71 | ||
| Wanted by parents (to assess the current state) | 67 (6.1) | 22.97±15.80 | ||
| Referred after the national health screening program for infants and children and requesting developmental rehabilitation services | 61 (5.5) | 22.15±13.88 | ||
| Others | 33 (3.0) | 22.45±18.50 | ||
Values are presented as number of children (%) or mean±standard deviation.
a)
Using the Kruskal–Wallis test.