Cecilia Montgomery1, Kine Johansen2, Steven Lucas3, Bo Strömberg3, Kristina Persson3. 1. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Uppsala University, Sweden. Electronic address: cecilia.montgomery@kbh.uu.se. 2. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Uppsala University, Sweden. Electronic address: kine.johansen@kbh.uu.se. 3. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The detection of motor problems in infancy requires a detailed assessment method that measures both the infants' level of motor development and movement quality. AIMS: To evaluate the ability of the Structured Observation of Motor Performance in Infants (SOMP-I) to detect cerebral palsy (CP) in neonatal intensive care recipients. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study analyzed retrospectively. SUBJECTS: 212 (girls: 96) neonatal intensive care recipients (mean gestational age 34weeks, range: 23-43). Twenty infants were diagnosed with CP. OUTCOME MEASURES: The infants were assessed using SOMP-I at 2, 4, 6 and 10months' corrected age. Accuracy measures were calculated for level of motor development, quality of motor performance and a combination of the two to detect CP at single and repeated assessments. RESULTS: At 2months, 17 of 20 infants with CP were detected, giving a sensitivity of 85% (95% CI 62-97%) and a specificity of 48% (95% CI 40-55%), while the negative likelihood ratio was 0.3 (95% CI 0.1-0.9) and the positive likelihood ratio was 1.6 (95% CI 1.3-2.0). At 6months all infants with CP were detected using SOMP-I, and all infants had repeatedly been assessed outside the cut-offs. Specificity was generally lower for all assessment ages, however, for repeated assessments sensitivity reached 90% (95% CI 68-99%) and specificity 85% (95% CI 79-90%). CONCLUSIONS: SOMP-I is sensitive for detecting CP early, but using the chosen cut-off can lead to false positives for CP. Assessing level and quality in combination and at repeated assessments improved predictive ability.
BACKGROUND: The detection of motor problems in infancy requires a detailed assessment method that measures both the infants' level of motor development and movement quality. AIMS: To evaluate the ability of the Structured Observation of Motor Performance in Infants (SOMP-I) to detect cerebral palsy (CP) in neonatal intensive care recipients. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study analyzed retrospectively. SUBJECTS: 212 (girls: 96) neonatal intensive care recipients (mean gestational age 34weeks, range: 23-43). Twenty infants were diagnosed with CP. OUTCOME MEASURES: The infants were assessed using SOMP-I at 2, 4, 6 and 10months' corrected age. Accuracy measures were calculated for level of motor development, quality of motor performance and a combination of the two to detect CP at single and repeated assessments. RESULTS: At 2months, 17 of 20 infants with CP were detected, giving a sensitivity of 85% (95% CI 62-97%) and a specificity of 48% (95% CI 40-55%), while the negative likelihood ratio was 0.3 (95% CI 0.1-0.9) and the positive likelihood ratio was 1.6 (95% CI 1.3-2.0). At 6months all infants with CP were detected using SOMP-I, and all infants had repeatedly been assessed outside the cut-offs. Specificity was generally lower for all assessment ages, however, for repeated assessments sensitivity reached 90% (95% CI 68-99%) and specificity 85% (95% CI 79-90%). CONCLUSIONS: SOMP-I is sensitive for detecting CP early, but using the chosen cut-off can lead to false positives for CP. Assessing level and quality in combination and at repeated assessments improved predictive ability.
Authors: Kine Johansen; Kristina Persson; Karin Sonnander; Margaretha Magnusson; Anna Sarkadi; Steven Lucas Journal: PLoS One Date: 2017-07-19 Impact factor: 3.240