Monitoring tools for early identification of children with developmental delay in India: an update

Shekhawat, Dolat Singh; Gupta, Tarun; Singh, Pratibha; Sharma, Praveen; Singh, Kuldeep

doi:10.1080/09297049.2021.2022113

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“…17 There are many validated developmental and behavioural screening tools. 18 The Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) is a parentally reported validated developmental screening tool used in many screening programmes. 19 It has five domains (communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, personalsocial).…”

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Developmental and behavioural outcomes at 2 years in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: communication concerns in a pandemic birth cohort

Byrne¹,

Sledge

Hurley

et al. 2023

Arch Dis Child

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IntroductionThe CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in 12-month-old infants born into the COVID-19 pandemic.AimsTo look at 24-month developmental and behavioural outcomes in the CORAL cohort.DesignThe CORAL study is a longitudinal prospective observational study of Irish infants born in the first 3 months of the pandemic. At 24 months of age, the Ages and Stages Developmental Questionnaire (ASQ24) and the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) were completed and compared with prepandemic BASELINE (Babies After SCOPE: Evaluating the Longitudinal Impact Using Neurological and Nutritional Impact) cohort.Results917 babies (312 CORAL infants and 605 BASELINE infants) were included. At 24 months of age, infants in the CORAL and BASELINE cohorts had similar developmental ASQ24 scores in fine motor, problem solving and personal and social domains but ASQ24 communication scores were significantly lower in the CORAL group compared with the BASELINE cohort (mean (SD) 49.5 (15.1) vs 53.7 (11.6), p<0.01). Infants from the CORAL cohort were more likely to score below standardised cut-offs for developmental concern in the communication domain (11.9% CORAL compared with 5.4% BASELINE, p<0.01). Unadjusted ASQ24 gross motor scores were lower for the pandemic cohort. Fewer CORAL infants fell under 2 SD cut-off in personal-social subdomain. For CBCL, there was no evidence of difference in scores between the cohorts on multivariable analysis.Conclusion24-month-old pandemic-born infants had largely similar developmental and behavioural scores compared with their prepandemic counterparts. Concerns have been raised in the communication developmental domain.

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Developmental and behavioural outcomes at 2 years in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: communication concerns in a pandemic birth cohort

Byrne¹,

Sledge

Hurley

et al. 2023

Arch Dis Child

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“…Developmental screening tools have emerged as primary resources that enable researchers to monitor children's development and identify developmental issues in children at an early stage (Ip et al, 2013;Shekhawat et al, 2022). However, signi cant disparities persist worldwide in access to and quality of services that aim to support optimal development in young children.…”

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Validation of the English version of TOY8 Developmental Screening Tool: Examining Measurement Invariance Across Languages, Gender and Income Groups

Wo,

Alagappar,

Yahya

et al. 2024

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Background: National Health and Morbidity Survey in Malaysia (2022) revealed that there is a significant increase in developmental delay among young children. Early detection is required by using a developmental screening tool that is easy to access and cross-culturally effective. Thus, the TOY EIGHT developmental screening tool (TOY8) was developed, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology and a standardized parent proxy questionnaire. The objective of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the English TOY8 (based on existing validated Malay Toy8) and to examine measurement invariance across language versions, gender, and income groups. Methods: TOY8 was designed and developed to screen the developmental aspects in children aged 3 to 5 years old in two languages: Malay and English, by an interdisciplinary expert panel drawing upon both national and international guidelines. Two samples of parents and their children were recruited: 1767 dyad to complete the English Toy8 and another 1724 dyad to complete the Malay Toy8. Results: The CFA results indicate that the model structure of the English version of TOY8 matches that of the Malay version of TOY8. The split-half reliability coefficient indicated adequate to high reliability which is also consistent with the previous Malay version of TOY8. Our results showed that all configural and metric invariance model across groups showed good fit to the data demonstrating that a multiple-group CFA was appropriate. Lastly, scalar invariance was only achieved in certain domains across gender, not in the language version of income groups. Conclusion: The English TOY8 is found to be a valid and reliable screening tool to identify developmental milestones of children aged 3-5 years old in Malaysia. In addition, configural and metric invariances across groups in all domains were established indicating the cross-cultural equivalent of the items; scalar invariance was established across genders in most of the domains of 3-5 years old. This implies that our study aligns with previous literature regarding child development, which indicates that there is a general similarity in gender and cross-cultural development domains in the first years of life but not for older children in term of language and socioemotional skills.

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“…Evidence from global health databases suggests that about 240 million children globally have developmental disabilities, with the majority of these children being from Sub-Saharan Africa (69.9 million) and South Asian countries (64.4 million children) [4]. In India, about 10% of children have developmental delays resulting in disabilities, while nearly 6% of infants are born with congenital disabilities [5]. Social-economic factors such as poverty, poor health, lack of infrastructure, and limited developmental literacy are risk factors for the delayed identification of children with impaired developmental, cognitive, and social-emotional functioning [6].…”

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Screening Children in India: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire

Sheel,

Suárez,

Marsh

2023

Pediatric Reports

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Timely screening and surveillance of children for developmental delay and social–emotional learning difficulties are essential in Low- and Middle-Income Countries like India. Screening measures like the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) and Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) are considered suitable for India due to their low cost, easy accessibility, and no training requirement for administration. However, India lacks validated screening measures, and the PEDS and SDQ have yet to be validated for children in India. The study aimed to translate the PEDS and SDQ from English to Hindi and psychometrically evaluate the same measures on children aged 4–8 years in India. The original PEDS and SDQ forms and their translations were pilot tested on 55 participants and evaluated using data from 407 children with typical development (TD) and 59 children with developmental disability (DD). Parents and teachers reported no meaningful discrepancy between the original and translated (Hindi) questionnaires. Internal consistency for the PEDS was acceptable, but unacceptable for most subscales on the SDQ, for both TD and DD samples. Test–retest reliability was poor for the PEDS but adequate for the SDQ. Results from known-group validity testing showed that the PEDS scores could be used to distinguish between the TD and DD samples. The results from this study provide further support for the use of the PEDS and SDQ in developing countries like India.

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Monitoring tools for early identification of children with developmental delay in India: an update

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Developmental and behavioural outcomes at 2 years in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: communication concerns in a pandemic birth cohort

Developmental and behavioural outcomes at 2 years in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: communication concerns in a pandemic birth cohort

Validation of the English version of TOY8 Developmental Screening Tool: Examining Measurement Invariance Across Languages, Gender and Income Groups

Screening Children in India: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire

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