Concurrent validity of the scale for screening of developmental delay.

Full Abstract

This study establishes the concurrent validity of the Screening Scale of Developmental Delay II (SSDD-II) with the Bayley Scale of Infant Development II (BSID-II). Three hundred and seventy-nine children referred by pediatricians at the Clinic of Developmental Delay at the Kaohsiung Medical University-Medical Center were tested using the SSDD-II, and about 1 week to 1 month later, they were tested again using the BSID-II. The results indicate that (1) the SSDD-II score increased as age increased, fitting the principle of developmental sequence. (2) The raw scores of the Mental and Motor scales of the BSID-II significantly correlated with the five subscales of the SSDD-II. (3) The three facet scale scores (language, cognitive and motor) of the BSID-II also significantly correlated with the five subscales of the SSDD-II. The SSDD-II has a high concurrent validity, and is a convenient scale to use to screen children for developmental delay in clinical practice in Taiwan.

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Author information

Author/s: Huang, Huei-Lin (HL); Shieh, Yu-Lien (YL); Chen-Yu, Chen (C); Jong, Yug-Jyu (YJ);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hlhuang(-atsign-)cc.kmu.edu.tw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences (Kaohsiung J Med Sci), published in China (Republic: 1949- ). (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 18 (issue 10) : pp 517-22

Dates: Created 2003/01/08; Completed 2003/02/06; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12517068, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Child
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Female
Humans

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