Association between the COVID-19 pandemic and childhood development aged 30 to 36 months in South Korea, based on the National health screening program for infants and children database

Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression models for screening of neurodevelopmental delay between before and during COVID-19 period among 30–36 months old

The 7 domains of the K-DST	Screened for neurodevelopmental delay
The 7 domains of the K-DST	OR	P-value	aOR	P-value
Any domain	1.07 (1.06, 1.08)	< 0.0001	1.11 (1.10, 1.12)	< 0.0001*
Gross Motor	0.96 (0.94, 0.98)	< 0.0001	0.96 (0.94, 0.97)	< 0.0001*
Fine Motor	1.05 (1.04, 1.07)	< 0.0001	1.08 (1.06, 1.09)	< 0.0001*
Cognition	1.06 (1.04, 1.07)	< 0.0001	1.10 (1.08, 1.11)	< 0.0001*
Communication	1.17 (1.15, 1.18)	< 0.0001	1.21 (1.19, 1.22)	< 0.0001*
Social Interaction	1.14 (1.12, 1.16)	< 0.0001	1.15 (1.13, 1.17)	< 0.0001*
Self-Care	1.07 (1.06, 1.09)	< 0.0001	1.14 (1.12, 1.16)	< 0.0001*

Adjusting for children’s sex, age(continuous), urban, socioeconomic status, preterm birth or LBW, maternal age group, mother’s nationality, number of pediatricians per population of children, delayed visit, disability, and section type of survey
* Significant after Bonferroni correction for 17 risk factors (p-value < 0.003)

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