Do Parental Concerns Predict Developmental and Behavioral Diagnoses in a Developmental Clinic?

被引：8

作者：

Yimgang, Doris P. ^{[1
]}

Albury, Rebecca A. ^{[1
]}

Leppert, Mary L. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Kennedy Krieger Inst, Baltimore, MD USA

[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD USA

来源：

CLINICAL PEDIATRICS | 2017年 / 56卷 / 03期

关键词：

autism spectrum disorder; developmental delay; communication disorder; developmental clinic; parent concerns; AUTISM; CHILDREN; CARE; RISK;

D O I：

10.1177/0009922816648289

中图分类号：

R72 [儿科学];

学科分类号：

100202 ;

摘要：

Parental concerns are useful tools to help pediatric care providers identify the presence of developmental and behavioral problems. This study sought to learn whether specific parental concerns helped predict diagnoses in a tertiary developmental clinic. Parents of preschoolers who attended a preschool developmental clinic (n = 101) were surveyed about behavioral and developmental concerns and their concerns about possible diagnoses. Clinical diagnoses were subsequently obtained on all children and compared with parents' primary concerns. In our sample, approximately 50% of concerns were about language development and 21% about behavior. The most common diagnoses were communication disorder (41%) and developmental delay (42%). Only 30% of children whose parents had concerns about an autism spectrum diagnosis had actually received that diagnosis. Neither parental concerns about development and behavior nor their concerns about specific diagnosis predict clinical diagnosis in our tertiary developmental setting.

引用

页码：263 / 267

页数：5

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