title: [The baby alarm distress scale: a validity study].
abstract: It should take into account the psychopatologic context and the child's development moment to evaluate the baby alarm distress from a standardized instrument. We present the BADS questionnaire validation by its application in 90 children, from 0 to 2 years-old, obtaining a K=0.783 to p<0.01, with a Spearman coefficient of 0.866 and factorial analysis to 4 factors to 63.5% of the population studied. With these psychometrical qualities, the scale shows its importance as a screening but is important its study in others populations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Francisco Baptista
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Assumpcao
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuczynski
authors.forename: Márcia Gabriel da Silva
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.forename: Cristiana Castanho de Almeida
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Rocca
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires