[Sexual development of children and teenagers in the families deported from Abkhazia (dynamic observation)].
The aim of the study was the evaluation of physical and pubertal development of children from the families deported from Abkhazia who were exposed to significant psycho-somatic stress and prolonged socio-economical infringement. Dynamic observation started in 1998. Children, 9-15 years of age, have been studied. 200 children have been selected by the individualised methods (115 were girls and 85 were boys). In parallel children of appropriate age and gender groups from the local families have been studied. The investigations were conducted according to the generally accepted schemes and tables suggested by Tenner (17), for girls and by V.M. Vedenski (8) for boys, respectively. The analysis of obtained results showed that the total percent of delayed puberty in studying group was 21.4% versus 30.0% in the groups of 1998. Consequently, index of delay in control group was equal to 3.9% (2005) and 5.0% (1998). The group, exceeding the norms of puberty (accelerates) was 4.8% versus 11.2% in control group in comparison with the data of 1998--5.4% versus 15.0%, respectively. It should be concluded that due to the obtained results, comparing with the analogic groups of 1998, the number of delayed puberty has been reduced by approximately 9.0%. The number of cases exceeding the norms of puberty has been decreased slightly.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011606:Psychosexual Development / Q000502:physiology*; D012036:Refugees