title: Discriminant ability of the Infant Neurological International Battery (INFANIB) as a screening tool for the neurological follow-up of high-risk infants in Colombia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the discriminative ability of the Infant Neurological International Battery (INFANIB), applied at 3, 6 and 9 months of corrected age (CA), on neurological outcomes at 1 year of CA.
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational analytic study was conducted on a cohort of 5857 infants, followed up to 1 year of CA in a Kangaroo Mother Care programme from 1993 to 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia. Infants were included if they had two complete INFANIB results at 3 or 6 or 9 months of CA and at 12 months of CA, including the Griffiths Scale. The outcome was defined as the presence of a neurological abnormality, as evidenced by the results of both the INFANIB and Griffiths Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sensitivity of the INFANIB at 3 months was 62.2%, and specificity was 76.1%, with a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area of 0.69. At 6 months, the results were 77.5% for sensitivity and 74.4% for specificity (ROC 0.76), and at 9 months, they were 77.2% for sensitivity and 91.1% for specificity (ROC 0.84).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The INFANIB was an appropriate neurological screening test with regard to determining which Colombian infants would benefit from a timely intervention for neuromotor disorders.
authors.affiliation: Fundación Canguro, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Charpak
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.|Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de la Hoz
authors.affiliation: Fundación Canguro, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Julieta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villegas
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.|Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D003105:Colombia; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Follow-up studies; Kangaroo Mother Care; Low birthweight; Neurological examination; Premature infant