Objective

2

To investigate the effect of parents' attention and compliance to rehabilitation intervention and other factors on the rehabilitation of children with developmental language disorder (DLD).

Methods

2

A cross-sectional comparative study included 67 children who were diagnosed developmental language disorder in Chongqing Youyou Baobei Women's and Children's Hospital and rehabilitated in the Early Development Rehabilitation Center of this hospital from June 2019 to June 2020. All children were divided into high compliance group and low compliance group according to their family compliance. Language assessment results and fulfill rate of rehabilitation intervention plan in these two groups before and after the rehabilitation intervention were compared in this study.

Results

2

There were significant differences in scores of overall language level (83.80±26.83 vs 58.06±42.28

P

<

0.01)

listening comprehension (102.14±18.56 vs 92.00±15.90

P

<

0.05)

language expression (82.17±30.39 vs 64.91±31.60

P

<

0.05) between these two groups. Fulfill rate of rehabilitation intervention plan in high compliance group were significantly higher than that in low compliance group

100% rate (31.43% vs 12.50%)

80-90% rate (45.71% vs 25.00%). Increased comprehensive standardized Mandarin assessment score of high compliance group were also significantly more than that of low compliance group

in overall language (

P

<

0.01)

listening comprehension (

P

<

0.01)

expression (

P

<

0.01) and syntax (

P

<

0.05).

Conclusion

2

Parent's support to children with DLD

their persistence and compliance in fulfilling the plan is a positive factor to improve their children's language performance during language rehabilitation intervention process.