title: Comparison of the validity of direct pediatric developmental evaluation versus developmental screening by parent report.
abstract: To compare the validity of direct pediatric developmental evaluation with developmental screening by parent report, parents completed a developmental screen (the Child Development Review), a pediatrician performed a direct developmental evaluation (Capute Scales), and a psychologist administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development to a group of 30-month-old children. The agreement between these instruments was tested. All developmental quotient scores derived from the Capute Scales were more highly correlated with concurrent Bayley Mental Development Index scores than developmental quotient scores derived from the Child Development Review. Differences between developmental quotient scores derived from the Capute Scales and corresponding Bayley Mental Development Index scores were significantly smaller than those derived from the Child Development Review. Thus, direct pediatric developmental evaluation more reliably predicted concurrent Mental Development Index scores at 30 months of age than developmental screening by parent report. Increased emphasis on training of pediatric health care providers in direct developmental evaluation should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota55905, USA. voigt.robert@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: Antolin M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Llorente
authors.forename: Craig L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: J Kennard
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Fraley
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Barbaresi
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Heird
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010372:Pediatrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity