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  • Title: Performance of the German version of the PARCA-R questionnaire as a developmental screening tool in two-year-old very preterm infants.
    Author: Picotti E, Bechtel N, Latal B, Borradori-Tolsa C, Bickle-Graz M, Grunt S, Johnson S, Wolke D, Natalucci G, Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-Up Group.
    Journal: PLoS One; 2020; 15(9):e0236289. PubMed ID: 32881866.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To validate and test a German version of the revised Parent Report of Children's Abilities questionnaire (PARCA-R). METHODS: Multicentre cross-sectional study. Parents of infants born <32 gestational weeks, completed the PARCA-R within three weeks before the follow-up assessment of their child at age two years. Infants were assessed using the Mental Development Index (MDI) of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development 2nd edition (BSID-II). Pearson correlation between the Parent Report Composite (PRC) of the PARCA-R and MDI was tested. The optimal PRC cut-off for predicting moderate-to-severe mental delay, defined as MDI<70, was identified through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. RESULTS: PARCA-R and BSID-II data were collected from 154 consecutive infants [51% girls, mean (SD) gestational age 29.0 (2.0) weeks, birth weight 1174 (345) grams] at 23.2 (1.6) months of corrected age. The PRC score [70.5 (31.1)] correlated with the MDI [92.2 (17.3); R = 0.54; p < 0.0001]. The optimal PRC cut-off for identifying mental delay was 44 with 0.81 (0.54-0.96) sensitivity (95%-CI), 0.81 (0.74-0.87) specificity, area under the ROC curve of 0.840 (0.729-0.952). CONCLUSION: The German version of the PARCA-R had good validity with the BSID-II and PCR scores < 44 proved optimal discriminatory power for the identification of mental delay at two years of corrected age.
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