Can parents accurately screen children at risk of developmental delay?: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Dixon, Glenys ^a   Badawi, Nadia ^a,b   French, Davina ^c   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Parent; Questionnaire; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; OBSERVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65449121067     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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