The Minnesota Infant Development Inventory in the developmental screening of high-risk infants at eight months.

Abstract

A parent-completed questionnaire, the Minnesota Infant Development Inventory (MIDI) (Ircton & Thwing, 1980), was compared to Bayley Mental Scale scores for 44 male and 42 female high-risk 8-month-olds. Categorization of infants as delayed or not delayed on each of the five subscales of the MIDI showed good overall agreement (81% to 90%) with Bayley findings. Categorization of infants based on their lowest MIDI subscale score yielded good sensitivity (85%) in detecting delay and fair specificity (77%) in identifying normal development. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the Gross Motor scale score was the strongest predictor of performance on Bayley Mental Scale items. Results indicate the potential utility of the MIDI as a screening tool for use in follow-up programs monitoring the development of high-risk infants over time. The authors acknowledge with thanks the valuable comments offered by Dr. Harold Ireton on drafts of this paper. The assistance of Lynn Bachura, for typing, and the Perinatal Follow-up Program staff, for parent liaison and scheduling, is gratefully appreciated.

Fetal growth from mid‐ to late pregnancy is associated with infant development: the Generation R Study

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“…The accessory age level was defined as the age at which at least 75% of children in an American normative sample had mastered this skill 13 (there are no European norms). Results for each scale were interpreted as delayed if scores fell 25/100 below age cut‐off, reflecting a deviance of the developmental age of at least 3 months below the actual child age at milestone assessment in line with the age cut‐off used previously 14 …”

The Early Motor Questionnaire (EMQ): A parental report measure of early motor development

“…Some PCDQs that include measures of early motor development are the Minnesota Infant Development Inventory (MIDI, Creighton & Sauve, 1988; Ireton & Thwing, 1980), the Child Development Review – Parent Questionnaire (CDP-PQ, Ireton, 1996), the Child Development Inventory (CDI, Ireton & Glascoe, 1995), and the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ, Squires, Bricker, & Potter, 1997). Among these PCDQs, only the IDI and the ASQ cover early motor development during the first two years of life.…”

Maternal distress and perceptions of infant development following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and conventional ventilation for persistent pulmonary hypertension

“…The MIDI has been demonstrated to exhibit good sensitivity to developmental delay, and to yield adequate agreement with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development in a sample of high-risk 8-month-old infants (Creighton & Sauve 1988). For the purposes of this study, developmental quotients were computed by dividing each MIDI scale score by age.…”

“…For the purposes of this study, developmental quotients were computed by dividing each MIDI scale score by age. Using such quotients, Creighton and Sauve (1988) found that the MIDI gross motor developmental score was the strongest predictor of the Bayley Mental Development Index. Gross motor developmental quotients of 0.70 or less, therefore, were categorized as indicating delayed development.…”