Usefulness of the Korean developmental screening test for infants and children for the evaluation of developmental delay in Korean infants and children: A single-center study
- Authors
- Yim C.-H.; Kim G.-H.; Eun B.-L.
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Korean Pediatric Society
- Keywords
- Child; Growth and development; Infant; Korean Developmental Screening Test; Screening test
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Pediatrics, v.60, no.10, pp 312 - 319
- Pages
- 8
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Pediatrics
- Volume
- 60
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 312
- End Page
- 319
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/29597
- DOI
- 10.3345/kjp.2017.60.10.312
- ISSN
- 1738-1061
2092-7258
- Abstract
- Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of the Korean Developmental Screening Test (K-DST) for infants and children for developmental delay assessment. Methods: This study was based on retrospective studies of the results of the K-DST, Preschool Receptive- Expressive Language Scale (PRES), Sequenced Language Scale for Infants (SELSI), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT), electroencephalography, magnetic resonance imaging, and extensive tests conducted in 209 of 1,403 patients, of whom 758 underwent the K-DST at the Korea University Guro Hospital between January 2015 and December 2016 and 645 were referred from local clinics between January 2015 and June 2016. Results: Based on the K-DST results, the male children significantly more frequently required further or follow-up examination than the female children in most test sections, except for gross motor. The male children had notably lower mean scores than the female children. The PRES/SELSI results showed that when more further or follow-up evaluations were required in the K-DST communication section, significantly more problems in language delay or disorder emerged. When further or follow-up evaluation was required in the cognitive section in the CARS/M-CHAT, the possibility of autism increased significantly. A child tended to score low in the CARS test and show autism when further or follow-up evaluation was recommended in the K-DST. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the usefulness of the K-DST as a screening test early in the development of infants and children in Korea. Data of normal control groups should be examined to determine the accuracy of this investigation. © 2017 by The Korean Pediatric Society.
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