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Early identification of children with communication disabilities— evaluation of a screening programme in a Swedish county
Author(s) -
Magnusson M,
Rasmussen F,
Sundelin C
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13918.x
Subject(s) - medicine , identification (biology) , family medicine , gerontology , pediatrics , biology , botany
Objective : The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of an early screening programme for communicative disturbances in relation to the health status of the child at the age of 4 years. Materials and methods : A case‐control study including 705 cases and 2451 controls was performed. Results : Cases with communication disorders as well as other types of disabilities at 4 years of age showed a higher frequency of deviant screening results on each screening occasion. The sensitivity for the screening programme amounted to 24.8%, the specificity was 95.5% and the positive predictive value was 61.2%.