Lisa K Boyce, Gina A Cook, Vicki Simonsmeier, Shawnee M Hendershot
Academic outcomes of very low birth weight infants: the influence of mother-child relationships
Infant mental health journal
studied accuracy parents evaluation developmental status peds school entry predicting academic language healthrelated quality life hrqol outcomes 2 years later prospective population study elementary schools melbourne australia base population total 1591 school entry children participated separate crosssectional study cases one hundred seventythree children randomly selected significant parental developmental concerns controls one hundred twentynine children without significant parental development concerns predictors 1997 parents completed 10 peds items teachers completed 5 peds items outcomes 1999 peds child health questionnaire parents comprehensive inventory basic skillsrevised renfrew action picture test language children odds ratios ors calculated low outcome scores defined 10 standard deviation mean 16th centile outcome case parents reported significant concerns peds control parents 65 vs 26 53 mean language academic scores slightly lower case children parentreported selfhelp school skills concerns predicted low language ors 2128 academic ors 1366 scores teacher concerns early school skills predicted low academic scores ors 3747 however sensitivity specificity values modest baseline developmental concerns predicted poor scores number domains hrqol 2 years later although individual developmental concerns school entry variably predict later academic language scores sensitivity specificity values would support use peds standalone screen detect later problems