Publications by authors named "Francilena Ribeiro Bessa"
Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC): Preliminary Norms for Screening for Developmental Delay in Brazilian Children Younger than 65 Months.
Marina Aguiar Pires Guimarães Lívia de Castro Magalhães Rafaela Silva Moreira Francilena Ribeiro Bessa Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves
J Dev Behav Pediatr
December 2022
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Developmental Milestones Questionnaire of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children Brazilian version (DM-SWYC-BR) and establish the preliminary norms to identify suspected developmental delay in Brazilian children up to 65 months.
Methods: A psychometric study was conducted on 1535 children from 3 Brazilian regions. The caregivers answered the Brazilian Portuguese cross-culturally adapted version of the DM-SWYC.