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.
10.3345/kjp.2017.60.10.312
- Author:
Chung Hyuk YIM
1
;
Gun Ha KIM
;
Baik Lin EUN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. bleun@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Korean Developmental Screening Test;
Screening test;
Growth and development;
Infant;
Child
- MeSH:
Autistic Disorder;
Checklist;
Child*;
Electroencephalography;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Growth and Development;
Humans;
Infant*;
Korea;
Language Development Disorders;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Mass Screening*;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2017;60(10):312-319
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
