Background: The estimated prevalence of mental health disorders in children and adolescents is between 10% and 20%. Furthermore, a quarter of very premature infants exhibit socioemotional delays in infancy and childhood. The objective of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of Greenspan social-emotional growth chart (GSEGC) in Persian children aged 1-42 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (3rd ed.; Bayley III) are widely used to assess cognitive, language, and motor development of children aged 1-42 months. It is unclear whether or not the reference norms of the Bayley III are acceptable for use in other populations or lead to over- or underestimating the developmental status of target children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We aimed to assess the distribution of the Bayley screening test by age, and compare developmental risk category distributions between Persian language children and reference norms.
Materials & Methods: A representative sample of 417 children, 1 to 42-months-old, by consecutive sampling from health -care centers were enrolled, during 2014 to 2015 in Tehran, Iran. The cognitive, language and motor development of children were evaluated using Bayley screening test.
Objective: Bayley Scales of infant & toddler development is a well-known diagnostic developmental assessment tool for children aged 1-42 months. Our aim was investigating the validity & reliability of this scale in Persian speaking children.
Materials & Methods: The method was descriptive-analytic.
Background: Advances in perinatal and neonatal care have substantially improved the survival of at-risk infants over the past two decades.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Bayley Scales of infant and toddler developmental Screening test in Persian-speaking children.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional prospective study of 403 children aged 1 - 42-months.