Open AccessQuantitative Evaluation of Content and Age Concordance Across Developmental Milestone Checklists
Author(s) -
Carol L. Wilkinson,
Margaret Wilkinson,
Jennifer Lucarelli,
Jason Fogler,
Ronald E. Becker,
Noelle Huntington
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics/journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.77
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1536-7312
pISSN - 0196-206X
DOI - 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000695
Subject(s) - milestone , developmental milestone , concordance , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychology , medicine , medical education , developmental psychology , computer science , geography , cartography , artificial intelligence
Clinicians and caregivers rely on milestone checklists as tools for tracking a child's development. In addition, medical students and residents use milestone checklists to learn about normal child development. However, there are multiple published milestone checklists that vary qualitatively in structure and content, hindering their effective use in developmental surveillance and medical education. This project systematically evaluated the consistency and variability between commonly used milestone checklists.