Prevalence and associated factors of Developmental Coordination Disorders in Chinese children: a scoping review

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting motor skills. In China, awareness is growing, but reported prevalence estimates vary widely. This scoping review aimed to map the evidence on the prevalence and associated factors of DCD and probable DCD among Chinese children.This scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines and the methodological framework by Arksey and O’Malley. The PRISMA-ScR checklist is available in Supplementary Material 1. It aimed to address: (1) What is the prevalence of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and probable DCD among Chinese children? (2) What are the associated factors with DCD & probable DCD in this population? As an exploratory scoping review to map the evidence, no protocol was registered beforehand.