Predictive validity of the Italian parental questionnaire for developmental evaluation at age 4 (QS4-G)
| Autor: | Bevilacqua F., Giannantoni P., Pasqualetti P., Di Ciommo V.M., Coletti M.F., Rava L., Caselli M.C., Dall'Oglio A.M. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of paediatrics and child health 51 (2015): 600–607. doi:10.1111/jpc.12784 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Bevilacqua F.; Giannantoni P.; Pasqualetti P.; Di Ciommo V.M.; Coletti M.F.; Rava L.; Caselli M.C.; Dall'Oglio A.M./titolo:Predictive validity of the Italian parental questionnaire for developmental evaluation at age 4 (QS4-G)/doi:10.1111%2Fjpc.12784/rivista:Journal of paediatrics and child health (Print)/anno:2015/pagina_da:600/pagina_a:607/intervallo_pagine:600–607/volume:51 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jpc.12784 |
| Popis: | Aim To examine whether the results at 4 years of age of the developmental questionnaire QS4-G can predict the outcome of cognitive, neuropsychological and academic abilities 4-6 years later. The QS4-G is a validated parental questionnaire designed for the screening and surveillance of the neuropsychological and behavioural developmental status of 4-year-olds (93 questions). Methods Longitudinal prospective study on a subsample of the QS4-G validation original sample was conducted. According to previous results, the sample was divided into two groups: 'at risk' and 'not at risk'. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and likelihood ratios were assessed and referred to outcomes. Results Thirty-five children were classified as 'not at risk' and 16 as 'at risk'. There were significant associations between past QS4-G score and cognitive, neuropsychological and academic abilities 4-6 years later. With the same cut-off identified at the first cross-sectional study, sensitivity and specificity for difficulties in cognitive development were 90% and 83% while in the neuropsychological abilities 62% and 90%, respectively. A lower predictive validity was found for difficulties in academic abilities (sensitivity 43%, specificity 86%). QS4-G specific area scores showed significant correlations with related academic tests at follow-up (rho range: 0.404-0.565, P < 0.005). Conclusions QS4-G shows good predictive validity for cognitive development and neuropsychological abilities. The risk of false negatives for academic abilities can be reduced by analysing the specific area results of QS4-G, which show good correlations with related tests at follow-up. |
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