Concurrent Validity of Ages and Stages Questionnaires in Preterm Infants

Abstract

Preterm infants with developmental delays at 12 months' CA are not adequately identified with the ASQ. At 24 months' CA, the ASQ identifies mental delays but not psychomotor delays. Additional measures should be used to increase yield of detecting at-risk preterm infants.

Parental and professional assessment of early child development: The ASQ-3 and the Bayley-III-NL

“…Regarding all three comparison methods, the best sensitivity and specificity values were found for the oldest age-cohort. The finding of better sensitivity and specificity values for the older age-cohort in comparison to the younger age-cohort is in line with the findings of Simard et al [22] and Schonhaut et al [23]. They also found that with ncreasing age, sensitivity and specificity values increased.…”

Validity of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in Term and Preterm Infants

“…11,25,29 Agreement seems to be higher in those studies that included higher risk children such as those who were born extremely preterm. 12,23,30 However, a previous study 26 questioned the capacity of ASQ for detecting developmental delay in extremely preterm children, when separate area scores were analyzed (instead of total scores) and when parents did not have time to observe and assess their child per authors' recommendations. 28 The improved psychometric properties of the measure in the extremely preterm birth infants can be partly explained by the higher prevalence of developmental deficits in this group.…”

“…In most of those publications, it has been reported that the ASQ is accurate in detecting true problems in apparently healthy children and even in children with biological risk factors. [12][13][14]16 Recently, Simard et al 26 published a study that contrasted these previous findings by using the second edition of the ASQ compared with the subscales of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports comparing the third editions of these questionnaires.…”

Predictive models of early motor development in preterm infants: a longitudinal-prospective study

“…Thus, it is important to use tools to track child development in public health services to predict children's predisposition to neurodevelopmental delay 21 . Across different countries, the number of children with some delay varies, as well as the most affected areas of development.…”