Validity of the Ten Questions screen for childhood disability: Results from population-based studies in Bangladesh, Jamaica, and Pakistan

Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 283-289

  Durkin, Maureen S ^a,b   Davidson, Leslie L ^a,b   Desai, Patricia ^c   Hasan, Z Meher ^d   Khan, Naila ^e   Shrout, Patrick E ^f   Thorbur, Marigold J ^c   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Z Aman, Sultana S ^g  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^e Dhaka Shishu (Children s) Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Child development disorders; Cross cultural comparison; Disability; Epidemiologic methods; Predictive value of tests; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SEIZURE;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028183028     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199405000-00005     Document Type: Article

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