title: The use of the developmental coordination disorder questionnaire in Australian children.
abstract: The concurrent validity of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) and the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) was investigated in an Australian sample of 38 girls and 91 boys aged 9-12 years (M = 11.15, SD = 0.81). The MAND identified 44 children with motor impairment (MI) and 85 children without MI. The overall decision agreement between the two measures in identifying MI was .64. The DCDQ had a sensitivity of .55 and a specificity of .74. The DCDQ was accurate in identifying children with moderate or severe MI but identified less than half of the children with mild MI.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western, Australia. P.Loh@curtin.edu.au
authors.forename: Pek Ru
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Jan Patricia
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Piek
authors.forename: Nicholas Celal
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009068:Movement; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires