Studies on the Brazelton neonatal behavioural assessment scale.
The Brazelton neonatal behavioural assessment scale was applied in 120 healthy full-time newborn infants. Interobserver reliability on day 5 (n = 20), test-retest reliability on day 4-5 (n = 20), and correlations between examinations on day 1 and day 5 (n = 80) were studied with regard to individual and grouped items (subscale) in the test. The over-all interobserver reliability generally seemed to be satisfactory, but low estimates of test-retest reliability were obtained for many items. Items assessing orientation capacity and regulation of state showed better test-retest stability when the predominate states were identical on both occasions. Some subscales were significantly related to parity, sex, birthweight, and age in hours at examination.
D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D005386:Fingersucking; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D009949:Orientation; D010808:Physical Examination; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation; D011897:Random Allocation