PMID- 24507864
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140602
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1097-6833 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Linking)
VI  - 164
IP  - 5
DP  - 2014 May
TI  - Validation of a rapid neurodevelopmental assessment tool for 5 to 9 year-old 
      children in Bangladesh.
PG  - 1165-1170.e6
LID - S0022-3476(13)01583-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.037 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To validate a rapid neurodevelopmental assessment tool for use by 
      child care professionals to determine neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) in 
      children ages 5-9 years (61-108 months) in Bangladesh. STUDY DESIGN: In a 
      convenience sample of community children (n = 18), interrater reliability was 
      determined between 6 testers. Validity was determined in 121 children by 
      simultaneous administration of a test of adaptive behavior (AB) (ie, the 
      Independent Behavior Assessment Scale, or Gold Standard I) and IQ tests (Wechsler 
      Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence or the Wechsler Intelligence Scales 
      for Children, or Gold Standard II) by child psychologists. RESULTS: Interrater 
      reliability was excellent (kappa = 1.00). Significantly lower scores were 
      obtained on AB and IQ tests in those identified with "any (>/=1) NDI" and most 
      specific NDIs. Sensitivity and specificity for "any NDI" with (a) "significant 
      difficulties" (defined as AB z-scores < -2 SD and/or IQ < 70) or (b) "mild 
      difficulties included" (AB z scores < -1 SD and/or IQ < 85) were 84% and 57%; and 
      83% and 70%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The rapid neurodevelopmental assessment 
      tool shows promise as a tool for use by a range of professionals for identifying 
      NDIs in children of primary school age. Further refinement for identifying 
      specific impairments is needed.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Khan, Naila Z
AU  - Khan NZ
AD  - Child Development Center, Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Dhaka Shishu 
      (Children's) Hospital, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FAU - Muslima, Humaira
AU  - Muslima H
AD  - Child Development Center, Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Dhaka Shishu 
      (Children's) Hospital, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FAU - El Arifeen, Shams
AU  - El Arifeen S
AD  - Center for Child and Adolescent Health, International Center for Diarrheal 
      Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FAU - McConachie, Helen
AU  - McConachie H
AD  - Department of Child Clinical Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon 
      Tyne, United Kingdom.
FAU - Shilpi, Asma Begum
AU  - Shilpi AB
AD  - Child Development Center, Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Dhaka Shishu 
      (Children's) Hospital, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FAU - Ferdous, Shamim
AU  - Ferdous S
AD  - Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FAU - Darmstadt, Gary L
AU  - Darmstadt GL
AD  - Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA. Electronic 
      address: gary.darmstadt@gatesfoundation.org.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20140206
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pediatr
JT  - The Journal of pediatrics
JID - 0375410
SB  - IM
MH  - Bangladesh
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Behavior Disorders/diagnosis
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cognition Disorders/diagnosis
MH  - Developmental Disabilities/*diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Hearing Loss/diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intelligence Tests
MH  - Language Disorders/diagnosis
MH  - Male
MH  - *Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Psychomotor Disorders/*diagnosis
MH  - Seizures/diagnosis
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Vision Disorders/diagnosis
EDAT- 2014/02/11 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/03 06:00
CRDT- 2014/02/11 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/12/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/02/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/02/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0022-3476(13)01583-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.037 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pediatr. 2014 May;164(5):1165-1170.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.037. Epub 
      2014 Feb 6.