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Reliability and concurrent validity of the I nfant M otor P rofile
Author(s) -
Heineman Kirsten R,
Middelburg Karin J,
Bos Arend F,
Eidhof Lieke,
La BastideVan Gemert Sacha,
Den Heuvel Edwin R,
HaddersAlgra Mijna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/dmcn.12100
Subject(s) - concurrent validity , intraclass correlation , gestational age , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , neurological examination , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , validity , medicine , pediatrics , developmental psychology , psychometrics , pregnancy , statistics , internal consistency , psychiatry , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , biology , genetics
Aim The I nfant M otor P rofile ( IMP ) is a qualitative assessment of motor behaviour in infancy. It consists of five domains: movement variation, variability, fluency, symmetry, and performance. The aim of this study was to assess interobserver reliability and concurrent validity of the IMP with the A lberta I nfant M otor S cale ( AIMS ) and an age‐specific neurological examination. Method Fifty‐nine preterm infants (25 females, 34 males; median gestational age 29.7wks, median birthweight 1285g) and 146 term infants (74 females, 72 males; median gestational age 40.1wks, birthweight 3500g) were included. Assessments were performed at corrected ages of 4, 6, 10, 12, and 18 months and consisted of the IMP , AIMS , and an age‐specific neurological examination. Interobserver reliability was investigated on a sample of 25 video recordings. Non‐parametric statistics were used to analyse the data. Results Interobserver reliability was high (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.95). At all ages, AIMS scores correlated weakly to fairly with total IMP scores (Spearman's ρ 0.36–0.55), but moderately to strongly with scores on the performance domain of the IMP (Spearman's ρ 0.47–0.84). A clear relation was found between total IMP score and outcome of the neurological examination (Kruskal–Wallis p <0.001 at all ages). Interpretation Interobserver reliability of the IMP is good. Concurrent validity with the AIMS is best for the IMP performance domain. Concurrent validity with age‐specific neurological examination is very good.