本研究主要目的在了解9-10歲發展協調障礙兒童發生的盛行率,並了解不同年齡層兒童的動作特性是否有所差異。研究對象是以217名9-10歲兒童做為研究對象,從性別區分的話,男童佔106名,女童佔111名;從年齡區分的話,9歲兒童113名,10歲兒童104名。所有兒童先以Movement ABC量表中測量9-10歲的8個動作項目,進行兒童動作協調能力測試,再依據手冊的換算常模,計算障礙分數,以篩檢出發展協調障礙兒童,並藉由所得的動作障礙分數,瞭解9歲和10歲兒童的動作能力之差異性;以one-way ANOVA比較發展協調障礙兒童、疑似發展協調障礙兒童與一般兒童在身體組成之差異;以t-test比較各年齡層中在動作能力測試項目之差異,顯著差異定為。05;最後,以皮爾遜積差相關計算Movement ABC之單項分數、三大動作觀念群組與Movement ABC總和之相關性。研究發現9-10歲發展協調障礙兒童佔34.1%,和其它國家比較起來,有偏高的現象。從性別來看,女生的盛行率約為36.9%,比男生的31.1%高。從年齡來區分的話,9歲發展協調障礙兒童的盛行率約為26.5%,10歲發展協調障礙兒童則高達42.3%。整體來看,我國9歲兒童的動作表現比10歲兒童好。
The aim of this study was to understand the prevalent rate of nine and ten year-old children with developmental coordination disorder in Taiwan, and the difference of motor characteristics between the two age groups. Two hundred and seventeen children (106 boys and 111 girls) from a normal elementary school participated in this study. They included 113 nine-year-old and 104 ten-year-old children. The standardized test component of the Movement ABC contains normative data on children from 4 years to 12 years of age. We used eight items grouped under three headings belongs to the age band of 9 to 10 years to test every student's coordination ability. All of raw scores were converted into scaled scores to ascertain where the child's performance lies in relation to the standardization sample. All of data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test and pearson product-moment correlation. Approximately thirty four point one percent children between the ages of 9 years and ten years in were fallen into developmental coordination disorder category. The prevalent rate in the study was higher than that of other country. The results also showed that the rate of girls, 36.9%, was higher than that of boys, 3 1.1%. The rate was 26.5% in the group of 9 years, and the rate was 42.3% in 10-year-old children. Overall, the motor performance of 9-year-old children was better than that of 10-year-old children.