The use of the QNST–II as a measure for the identification of children with perceptual-motor deficits
| Autor: | Sarina Goldstand, Aviva Yochman, Artal Rilsky, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Shula Parush |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Risk Psychological Tests medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Quick neurological screening test General Medicine Audiology Sensitivity and Specificity Developmental psychology Test (assessment) Motor Skills Disorders Perceptual Disorders Correlation School performance Occupational Therapy Perceptual motor medicine Humans Female Psychological testing Child Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Therapy International. 9:185-200 |
| ISSN: | 1557-0703 0966-7903 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/oti.164 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to examine the ability of the Quick Neurological Screening Test QNST II) (Mutti et al., 1998) to discriminate between children with and without perceptual-motor deficits and to further clarify its psychometric characteristics. Ninety-four children aged six to seven years were tested on the QNST-II. Out of this pool of subjects, 63 children had perceptual-motor deficits and 31 were typical controls. The children with perceptual-motor deficits scored significantly lower than the control children on the total score and on each of the subtest' s scores of the QNST II. Inter-rater reliability indicated a high degree of correlation between both evaluators' total scores of the QNST II. In terms of the test' s sensitivity and specificity, QNST II scores correctly classified 97% of the children with perceptual-motor deficits and 84% of the children from the control group. The findings of this study support the capability of the QNST II to discriminate between children with perceptual-motor deficits and typical children; thereby suggesting its usefulness as a screening measure to identify children at risk for difficulties in school performance. |
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