Abstract

Evaluation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA) in 2 year-old children

Murray E, Fernandes M, Newton CRJ, Abubakar A, Kennedy SH, Villar J, Stein A
PLoS One. 2018;13

Permenent descriptor

BACKGROUND: The INTER-NDA is a novel assessment of early child development measuring cognition, language, motor skills, behaviour, attention, and socio-emotional reactivity in 2 year olds in 15 minutes. Here, we present the results of an evaluation of the INTER-NDA against the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III edition (BSID-III), its sensitivity and specificity and its psychometric properties. METHODS: Eighty-one infants from Oxford, UK, aged 23.1-28.3 months, were evaluated using the INTER-NDA and the BSID-III. The agreement between the INTER-NDA and the BSID-III was assessed using interclass correlations (for absolute agreement), Bland-Altman analyses (for bias and limits of agreement), and sensitivity and specificity analyses (for accuracy). The internal consistency of the INTER-NDA and uni-dimensionality of its subscales were also determined. RESULTS: The interclass correlation coefficients between the BSID-III and the INTER-NDA cognitive, motor and behaviour scores ranged between 0.745 and 0.883 (p<0.001). The Bland-Altman analysis showed little to no bias in the aforementioned subscales. The sensitivity and specificity of INTER-NDA cognitive scores /=85). The INTER-NDA demonstrates satisfactory internal consistency and its subscales demonstrate good unidimensionality. CONCLUSION: The INTER-NDA shows good agreement with the BSID-III, and demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties, for the assessment of ECD at 22-28 months.