2010, Number 5
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Rev Mex Pediatr 2010; 77 (5)
Validation of an instrument to measure the child development in rural children from 18 to 24 months
Carrasco QMR, Thompson-Chagoyan OC, Roldán AJA, Guarneros SN, Chávez VA
Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 199-204
PDF size: 189.79 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Objective. To select some items of the items of the Bayley Scale, among the most representative and easy to apply, for the diagnosis of the mental and motor development in children from 18 to 24 months age, living in rural communities.
Material and methods. Once that five experts selected the most representative items, this tool was applied for three girls which work in promotion of health in rural communities, they applied the tool in ten children twice with an interval of three days.
Results. The statistical validation was done based on the tests of Cronbach a (internal consistency), the Kappa index (concordance) and the Spearman-Brown coefficient (reliability). As some part of the results we obtained: a Cronbach’s a of 0.89 for the psychomotor and 0.82 for mental assessment respectively. The a for the entire instrument was 0.87, the coefficient of Spearman-Brown reliability was of 0.92 and intra-observer concordances was between 0.524 and 0.800 and from 0.500 to 0.800 in the interobserver, respectively.
Conclusion. This instrument could be a good tool for evaluation of psychomotor development in children from rural communities.
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