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[Standardization of the Kent Infant Development Scale: implications for primary care pediatricians]
S García-Tornel Florensa1, A Ruiz España, J Reuter
1Unidad Integrada de Pediatría, Hospital Clínic-Sant Joan de Deu, Universidad de Barcelona.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was the standardization of an infant assessment protocol based on behavioral observations of Spanish parents. The Kent Infant Development (KIDS) scale was translated into Spanish and named "Escala de Desarrollo Infantil de Kent" (EDIK).
Patients And Methods:
The EDIK normative data were collected from the parents of 662 healthy infants (ages 1 to 15 months) in pediatric clinics. Infants born more than 2 weeks premature or who had serious physical or neurological illness were not included.
Results:
EDIK raw scores of Spanish infants were converted to developmental ages by comparing them with the number of behaviors for each age group in the normative sample. We obtained the mean score and standard deviation for the full scale and different domains (cognitive, motor, social, language, and self-help).
Conclusions:
This study shows that EDIK is sensitive to differences in ages and a good instrument that allows one to make a classification between normal infants or those at risk. It should prove useful in developmental pediatric practice.