Validity, Reliability, Accessibility, and Applicability of Young Children’s Developmental Screening and Assessment Tools across Different Demographics: A Realist Review
department or school: Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Non UBC
department or school: Nursing, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
identifier citation: Children 11 (6): 745 (2024)
creator: Kurbatfinski, Stefan
creator: Komanchuk, Jelena
creator: Dosani, Aliyah
creator: Letourneau, Nicole
issued: 2024-07-05T13:42:46Z
issued: 2024-06-18
description: Valid and reliable developmental screening and assessment tools allow professionals to identify disabilities/delays in children, enabling timely intervention to limit adverse lifelong impacts on health. However, differences in child development related to culture, genetics, and perinatal outcomes may impact tool applicability. This study evaluated the validity, reliability, and accessibility of multidomain developmental screening tools for young children, analyzed the applicability of tools across different contexts, and created a compendium of tools. Employing adapted realist review methods, we searched APA PsycInfo, MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC, and Google to identify relevant articles and information. We assessed accessibility, validity, reliability, and contextual applicability (N = 4110 evidence sources) to create tool ratings and make recommendations. Of 33 identified tools, 22 were screening and 11 were assessment tools. Fewer screening tools than assessment tools were rated highly overall. Evidence for use in different cultures was often lacking for both types of tools. The ASQ (screening) and BDI (assessment) tools were rated most favorably and are recommended for use, though other tools may be more applicable in different contexts (e.g., NEPSY among children with Asperger’s Syndrome). Future research should focus on assessing the validity and reliability of tools across different demographics to increase accessibility and ensure all children are properly supported.
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note: Citation: Kurbatfinski, S.;Komanchuk, J.; Dosani, A.;Letourneau, N. Validity, Reliability,Accessibility, and Applicability ofYoung Children’s DevelopmentalScreening and Assessment Toolsacross Different Demographics: ARealist Review. Children 2024, 11, 745.https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060745Academic Editor: Pietro MuratoriReceived: 28 May 2024Revised: 9 June 2024Accepted: 16 June 2024Published: 18 June 2024Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).childrenReviewValidity, Reliability, Accessibility, and Applicability of YoungChildren’s Developmental Screening and Assessment Toolsacross Different Demographics: A Realist ReviewStefan Kurbatfinski 1 , Jelena Komanchuk 2 , Aliyah Dosani 3 and Nicole Letourneau 4,*1 Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary,Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; stefan.kurbatfinski@ucalgary.ca2 Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan,Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada; jelena.komanchuk@ubc.ca3 Faculty of Health, Community and Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University,Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, Canada; adosani@mtroyal.ca4 Faculties of Nursing & Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada* Correspondence: nicole.letourneau@ucalgary.caAbstract: Valid and reliable developmental screening and assessment tools allow professionals to identifydisabilities/delays in children, enabling timely intervention to limit adverse lifelong impacts on health.However, differences in child development related to culture, genetics, and perinatal outcomes mayimpact tool applicability. This study evaluated the validity, reliability, and accessibility of multidomaindevelopmental screening tools for young children, an…
has type: Article
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444089
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publisher DOI: 10.3390/children11060745
rights: CC BY 4.0
rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
subject: child development
subject: multidomain development tools
subject: screening
subject: assessment
subject: validity and reliability
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88577