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Table 2 Scores per domain on parents’ concerns, needs assessment by parents and professional

From: Validity and reliability of a structured interview for early detection and risk assessment of parenting and developmental problems in young children: a cross-sectional study

Domains:

Parents’ concerns:

Perceived need of support

p-value*:

Parents assessment*:

Professional assessment*:

concerned/ very concerned

information wanted/ personal advice/ counselling

intensive help/ immediate intervention required

information/ personal advice/ counselling

intensive help/ immediate intervention required

parents vs professional

Infancy review

15.3%

5.5%

0.9%

7.0%

0.6%

0.07

Somatic health

5.4%

11.4%

0.8%

17.9%

0.9%

<0.001

Motor development

1.0%

11.8%

0.4%

23.2%

0.3%

<0.001

Language, speech and cognitive development

0.8%

20.9%

0.2%

39.7%

0.2%

<0.001

Language use of parents

1.7%

11.1%

0.3%

23.9%

0.3%

<0.001

Emotional development

2.5%

22.4%

0.2%

38.6%

0.3%

<0.001

Contact between child and others

0.7%

8.9%

0.2%

16.7%

0.1%

<0.001

Child behavior

5.0%

27.7%

0.3%

47.7%

0.3%

<0.001

Parenting approach

2.9%

22.0%

0.4%

37.4%

0.6%

<0.001

Developmental stimulation

0.4%

11.6%

0.2%

27.1%

0.1%

<0.001

Time spending

0.7%

6.3%

0.5%

13.3%

0.4%

<0.001

Living environment

3.4%

3.0%

0.9%

7.2%

0.7%

<0.001

Social contacts

1.2%

3.1%

0.2%

5.1%

0.5%

<0.001

Day care for child

1.2%

2.0%

0.1%

4.4%

0.3%

<0.001

Concerns communicated by others

1.3%

2.4%

0.3%

5.1%

0.3%

<0.001

Family issues

8.8%

7.7%

1.7%

14.1%

2.3%

<0.001

Was any topic forgotten?

2.5%

15.7%

0.2%

18.7%

0.4%

<0.001

  1. *The 6-point assessments of parents and professional were dichotomized for readability; category ‘no help needed’ was omitted. The comparison using Wilcoxon signed ranks test was on the full 6-point scale.