Developmental screening-evaluation of an m-Health version of the parents evaluation developmental status tools
dc.contributor.author | Maleka, Boledi Karabo | |
dc.contributor.author | Van der Linde, Jeannie | |
dc.contributor.author | Glascoe, Frances Page | |
dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, De Wet | |
dc.contributor.email | jeannie.vanderlinde@up.ac.za | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-05T06:50:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12 | en |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND : Developmental delays are more prevalent in low-income countries and access to developmental screening is severely limited. INTRODUCTION : This study evaluated an m-Health version of a standard developmental screening tool, Parents Evaluation Developmental Status (PEDS) and PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM) for use by community health workers (CHWs) in terms of (1) correspondence with conventional paper-based testing by a speech language pathologist (SLP) and (2) inter-rater reliability compared to an SLP. METHOD : CHWs were trained in a primary healthcare (PHC) setting to administer the newly developed smartphone application version of the PEDS tools. One SLP and two CHWs recruited 207 caregivers who were attending a baby wellness clinic. Caregivers were tested by one CHW using the smartphone application of the PEDS tools; a qualified SLP simultaneously recorded and scored the PEDS tools on the same participants. RESULTS : High positive (100%) and negative correspondence (96%) was found between the paper-based PEDS tools and the smartphone application PEDS tools and between the SLP and CHW. Almost perfect (Cohen’s Kappa) inter-rater agreement between conditions was demonstrated (j = 0.873 to j = 0.961). CONCLUSION : Outcomes of the smartphone application, operated by a CHW, corresponded closely to the gold standard PEDS tools operated by a health professional. Trained CHWs can conduct accurate developmental screening using the smartphone version of the PEDS tools. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | en |
dc.description.embargo | 2017-12-30 | |
dc.description.uri | http://online.liebertpub.com/TMJ | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Maleka, B.K., Van der Linde, J., Glascoe, F.P. & Swanepoel, D. 2016, 'Developmental screening-evaluation of an m-Health version of the parents evaluation developmental status tools', Telemedicine and e-Health, vol. 22, no. 12. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1556-3669 (online) | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1530-5627 (print) | en |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1089/tmj.2016.0007 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60794 | |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher | Mary Ann Liebert | en |
dc.rights | © 2016 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.subject | E-health | en |
dc.subject | M-health | en |
dc.subject | Pediatrics | en |
dc.subject | Technology | en |
dc.subject | Parents evaluation developmental status (PEDS) | en |
dc.subject | Community health worker (CHW) | en |
dc.title | Developmental screening-evaluation of an m-Health version of the parents evaluation developmental status tools | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en |
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