Prediction of function from infancy to early childhood: implications for pediatric psychology.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether item groupings derived from the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) are stable and predictive of 36-month cognitive and motor outcome.


METHODS
BINS was administered at 6, 12, and 24 months, and the Bayley-II or McCarthy scales at 36 months. The BINS was factor analyzed, and factors, biomedical and environmental variables, were related to 36-month outcomes.


RESULTS
Three factors were identified at each age, accounting for 52% to 64% of the variance. Continuity in factors over infancy and predictive utility of similar functions at 36 months were found. Optimal factor scores (> or = 75th percentile) increased the likelihood of later normal cognitive or motor outcome (ORs 2.14-7.94).


CONCLUSIONS
Stability and continuity over time exist in specific subdomains of function on a neurodevelopmental screening test.
Aylward
Glen P
GP
Department of Pediatrics, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9658, USA. Gaylward@siumed.edu
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires