Oliver Perra1, Jennifer E McGowan2, Ruth E Grunau3, Jackie Boylan Doran4, Stanley Craig5, Linda Johnston6, John Jenkins4, Valerie A Holmes4, Fiona A Alderdice2. 1. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom. Electronic address: o.perra@qub.ac.uk. 2. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom. 3. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada. 4. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom. 5. NICORE Project, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom. 6. Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Parent ratings on questionnaires may provide valid and cost-effective tools for screening cognitive development of children at risk of developmental delay. AIMS: In this study, we examined the convergent validity of combining parent-based reports of non-verbal cognitive abilities (PARCA3) and verbal abilities (CDI-III) in relation to the Bayley-III cognitive scale in 3-year-olds born late pre-term. METHODS: Mothers of 185 late-preterm children were asked to complete the PARCA3 and the CDI-III shortly before children reached age three; children were then assessed using the Bayley-III close to their third birthday. RESULTS: The two maternal questionnaires were significantly and moderately correlated with the Bayley-III cognitive scores. Together the maternal ratings accounted for 15% of the variance in the Bayley-III cognitive scores, after controlling for other covariates in regression analysis. In particular, the PARCA3 contributed significantly to explain variance in the Bayley-III cognitive scores when controlling for the CDI-III. However, the CDI-III was also independently associated with the Bayley-III cognitive scores. CONCLUSIONS: Parent ratings of child cognition and language together may provide cost-effective screening of development in "at risk" preschoolers.
BACKGROUND: Parent ratings on questionnaires may provide valid and cost-effective tools for screening cognitive development of children at risk of developmental delay. AIMS: In this study, we examined the convergent validity of combining parent-based reports of non-verbal cognitive abilities (PARCA3) and verbal abilities (CDI-III) in relation to the Bayley-III cognitive scale in 3-year-olds born late pre-term. METHODS: Mothers of 185 late-preterm children were asked to complete the PARCA3 and the CDI-III shortly before children reached age three; children were then assessed using the Bayley-III close to their third birthday. RESULTS: The two maternal questionnaires were significantly and moderately correlated with the Bayley-III cognitive scores. Together the maternal ratings accounted for 15% of the variance in the Bayley-III cognitive scores, after controlling for other covariates in regression analysis. In particular, the PARCA3 contributed significantly to explain variance in the Bayley-III cognitive scores when controlling for the CDI-III. However, the CDI-III was also independently associated with the Bayley-III cognitive scores. CONCLUSIONS: Parent ratings of child cognition and language together may provide cost-effective screening of development in "at risk" preschoolers.
Authors: Sarah A Keim; Jacqueline A Sullivan; Kelly Sheppard; Katie Smith; Taniqua Ingol; Kelly M Boone; Antonio Malloy-McCoy; Reena Oza-Frank Journal: J Pediatr Date: 2021-02-14 Impact factor: 6.314