The revised Denver Developmental Screening Test: its accuracy as a screening instrument.

Frankenburg WK, Goldstein AD, Camp BW.Achievement of test items in the first year of life by Denver and Cardiff infants. The use of the local standardised version for developmental screening of Singapore children is justified. Clinical assessment of gestational age in the newborn infant. Standardisation and adaptation of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and Denver II for use in Singapore children DDST, Singapore is substantially different from the DDST (1975) and Denver II (1990). Complementing the success of medical intervention. Friedman SL, Chipman SF, Segal JW, Cocking RR.The effects of early stimulation on low-birth-weight infants. Follow-up of pre-term infants: is correction of the developmental quotient for prematurity helpful? Early Hum Dev. Neurological and neurobehavioural differences between preterm infants at term and full-term newborn infants. Palmer PG, Dubowitz LM, Verghote M, Dubowitz V.Developmental and neurological progress of preterm infants with intraventricular haemorrhage and ventricular dilatation. Palmer P, Dubowitz LM, Levene MI, Dubowitz V.Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (586K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Full textįull text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. In view of its less satisfactory sensitivity and selectivity it is suggested that both age lines should be drawn when using the Denver test with preterm children so that undue anxiety can be allayed while appropriate action is taken to ensure adequate follow up. Using corrected age very few children showed less than normal development, and in the first year those whose Griffiths scales results showed delay were often assessed as normal by the Denver test. Using real age the former identified children with developmental delay, but labelled up to 42% of babies as having questionable or abnormal development. The results of Denver developmental screening test and Griffiths mental development scales examination performed on 198 preterm children during the first three years of life and compared.