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Development of the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children (K-DST).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most developmental screening tools in Korea are adopted from foreign tests. To ensure efficient screening of infants and children in Korea, a nationwide screening tool with high reliability and validity is needed.

Purpose

This study aimed to independently develop, standardize, and validate the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children (K-DST) for screening infants and children for neurodevelopmental disorders in Korea.

Methods

The standardization and validation conducted in 2012-2014 of 3,284 subjects (4-71 months of age) resulted in the first edition of the K-DST. The restandardization and revalidation performed in 2015-2016 of 3.06 million attendees of the National Health Screening Program for Infants and Children resulted in the revised K-DST. We analyzed inter-item consistency and test-retest reliability for the reliability analysis. Regarding the validation of K-DST, we examined the construct validity, sensitivity and specificity, receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and a criterion-related validity analysis.

Results

We ultimately selected 8 questions in 6 developmental domains. For most age groups and each domain, internal consistency was 0.73-0.93 and test-retest reliability was 0.77-0.88. The revised K-DST had high discriminatory ability with a sensitivity of 0.833 and specificity of 0.979. The test supported construct validity by distinguishing between normal and neurodevelopmentally delayed groups. The language and cognition domain of the revised K-DST was highly correlated with the K-Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II's Mental Age Quotient (r=0.766, 0.739), while the gross and fine motor domains were highly correlated with Motor Age Quotient (r=0.695, 0.668), respectively. The Verbal Intelligence Quotient of Korean Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence was highly correlated with the K-DST cognition and language domains (r=0.701, 0.770), as was the performance intelligence quotient with the fine motor domain (r=0.700).

Conclusion

The K-DST is reliable and valid, suggesting its good potential as an effective screening tool for infants and children with neurodevelopmental disorders in Korea.

SUBMITTER: Chung HJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development of the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children (K-DST).

Chung Hee Jung HJ Yang Donghwa D Kim Gun-Ha GH Kim Sung Koo SK Kim Seoung Woo SW Kim Young Key YK Kim Young Ah YA Kim Joon Sik JS Kim Jin Kyung JK Kim Cheongtag C Sung In-Kyung IK Shin Son Moon SM Oh Kyung Ja KJ Yoo Hee-Jeong HJ Yu Hee Joon HJ Lim Seoung-Joon SJ Lee Jeehun J Jeong Hae-Ik HI Choi Jieun J Kwon Jeong-Yi JY Eun Baik-Lin BL

Clinical and experimental pediatrics 20200514 11

<h4>Background</h4>Most developmental screening tools in Korea are adopted from foreign tests. To ensure efficient screening of infants and children in Korea, a nationwide screening tool with high reliability and validity is needed.<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to independently develop, standardize, and validate the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children (K-DST) for screening infants and children for neurodevelopmental disorders in Korea.<h4>Methods</h4>The standardizati ...[more]

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