PMID- 25294730
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161213
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 0973-7693 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-5456 (Linking)
VI  - 81 Suppl 2
DP  - 2014 Dec
TI  - CDC Kerala 17: Early detection of developmental delay/disability among children 
      below 3 y in Kerala--a cross sectional survey.
PG  - S156-60
LID - 10.1007/s12098-014-1579-0 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To conduct a community survey to understand the prevalence and type of 
      developmental delay/disability among a representative state wide community sample 
      of children below 3 y. METHODS: A state wide community based cross sectional 
      survey was done with the help of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) 
      network in Kerala after giving one day training program at Child Development 
      Centre (CDC), for one randomly selected anganwadi worker in each of the 
      panchayath/municipal ward, from all districts of Kerala, to equip them to screen 
      all children below 3 y in their anganwadi areas, using simple community screening 
      tools like Trivandrum Developmental Screening Chart (TDSC) 0-3 and Language 
      Evaluation Scale Trivandrum (LEST) 0-3. Those children with one or more item 
      delay in TDSC or LEST were called to the developmental evaluation camps held at 
      ICDS block level and trained pediatrician/medical officer re-evaluated the 
      children with developmental delay. RESULTS: A total of 32,664 children below 3 y 
      were screened across the state and overall 2.5% prevalence of developmental delay 
      was observed using TDSC and 2.8% using LEST 0-3 y and 3.4% using TDSC and/or LEST 
      positive. Out of the total 1,110 children clinically evaluated by a trained 
      pediatrician, 69.3% children had developmental delay, 14.3% speech delay, 5.7% 
      global delay, 5.3% gross motor delay and 3.6% suspected of hearing impairment. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The study results showing 3.4% prevalence of developmental delay 
      using TDSC and/or LEST by trained anganwadi workers or ASHA workers could be 
      replicated in other states in India, under Rashtria Bal Swasthya Kariyakram.
FAU - Nair, M K C
AU  - Nair MK
AD  - Child Development Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, 
      695011, Kerala, India, cdcmkc@gmail.com.
FAU - Princly, P
AU  - Princly P
FAU - Leena, M L
AU  - Leena ML
FAU - Swapna, S
AU  - Swapna S
FAU - Kumari I, Lali
AU  - Kumari I L
FAU - Preethi, R
AU  - Preethi R
FAU - George, Babu
AU  - George B
FAU - Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar
AU  - Russell PS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20141009
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Pediatr
JT  - Indian journal of pediatrics
JID - 0417442
SB  - IM
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Developmental Disabilities/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Male
EDAT- 2014/10/09 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/10/09 06:00
PHST- 2014/03/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/09/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s12098-014-1579-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;81 Suppl 2:S156-60. doi: 10.1007/s12098-014-1579-0. 
      Epub 2014 Oct 9.