title: Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) in Screening for Developmental Delay in Thai Children Aged 18-30 Months.
abstract: The PEDS-Thai is a developmental screening tool. We studied its diagnostic performance among 137 Thai children (48.9%) aged 18-30 month. It had a sensitivity of 92.8% and a specificity of 49.2%. The positive and negative likelihood ratios were 1.82 and 0.14 when compared with clinical diagnosis and diagnostic tool, the Mullen Scales of Early Learning.
authors.affiliation: *Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute,#Division of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics; Faculty of Medicine; Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand rawiwan.sot@mahidol.ac.th.
authors.forename: Pornchanok
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wantanakorn
authors.forename: Khemsuang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawangworachart
authors.forename: Rawiwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roongpraiwan
authors.forename: Jariya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chuthapisith
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents; D013785:Thailand