PMID: 9175412Mar 1, 1997Paper

New mental development screening test for use in health examinations of infants

[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
R YoshikawaT Fujita

Abstract

This study is designed to produce a new mental development screening test with predictive validity for future developmental disorders. 1. The items of mental development screening test were selected provisionally, and the results of the items were stored in the 7 months, 10 months, 1 year, 1 year and 6 months of health examinations in Suzaka city, Nagano Prefecture. 2. All the tested infants were prospectively followed until 5 years of age (the middle year of day nurseries or kindergartens), when their conditions were diagnosed for developmental disorders (mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). 3. The relation between 1. and 2. was analyzed. 1. Acceptable levels for items of the mental development screening test were seen in 90% of the infants, except for anxiety with unfamiliar faces at 7 months, finger pointing at 1 year, correct picture recognition response at 1 year and 6 months, etc. 2. The items with high significance levels for chi 2 test and high sensitivity were: 4 items at 7 months of age such as anxiety with unfamiliar faces, sitting ability, parachute reaction, and others; 5 items at 10 months such as anxiety with unfamiliar faces, creeping ability, turning a...Continue Reading

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