Plínio Luna de Albuquerque1,2, Miriam Queiroz de Farias Guerra3, Marília de Carvalho Lima4, Sophie Helena Eickmann4. 1. a Department of Physical Therapy , Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida-ASCES/UNITA , Recife , Brazil. 2. b Programme in Neuropsychiatry and Behavioural Sciences , Universidade Federal de Pernambuco , Recife , Brazil. 3. c Department of Occupational Therapy , Universidade Federal de Pernambuco , Recife , Brazil. 4. d Department of Maternal and Child Health , Universidade Federal de Pernambuco , Recife , Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the concurrent validity of AIMS in relation to the gross motor subtest of the Bayley Scale III/GM in preterm infants. METHODS: A total of 159 gross motor development assessments were performed with the AIMS and Bayley-III/GM. Linear regression was used to assess the correlation between AIMS and Bayley-III/GM scores. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman plot were used to analyze intra- and inter-rater reliability. RESULTS: There was a prevalence of delayed gross motor development of 20.8% according to the Bayley-III/GM, and 11.9% for the 5th percentile and 21.4% for the 10th percentile of AIMS. A good correlation of AIMS with Bayley-III/GM scores and intra- and inter-rater reliability was encountered in this study. CONCLUSION: AIMS proved very capable of detecting delayed gross motor development in preterm infants when compared with the Bayley-III/GM. The 10th percentile of AIMS provided the best combination of indicators, with greater specificity.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the concurrent validity of AIMS in relation to the gross motor subtest of the Bayley Scale III/GM in preterm infants. METHODS: A total of 159 gross motor development assessments were performed with the AIMS and Bayley-III/GM. Linear regression was used to assess the correlation between AIMS and Bayley-III/GM scores. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman plot were used to analyze intra- and inter-rater reliability. RESULTS: There was a prevalence of delayed gross motor development of 20.8% according to the Bayley-III/GM, and 11.9% for the 5th percentile and 21.4% for the 10th percentile of AIMS. A good correlation of AIMS with Bayley-III/GM scores and intra- and inter-rater reliability was encountered in this study. CONCLUSION: AIMS proved very capable of detecting delayed gross motor development in preterm infants when compared with the Bayley-III/GM. The 10th percentile of AIMS provided the best combination of indicators, with greater specificity.
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Keywords:
Alberta infant motor scale Child development; developmental assessment; premature infant