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Table 1 Number of children with an adverse outcome according to congenital infection status (%)

From: Association between congenital toxoplasmosis and parent-reported developmental outcomes, concerns, and impairments, in 3 year old children

1) DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOUR

 

PARENT COMPLETED

Infection status

Motor1

Speech & language1

Behaviour2

Cognition1

 

CT+ (n = 178)

24/178 (13.5)

20/177 (11.3)

34/176 (19.3)

9/178 (5.1)

 

CT- (n = 527)

58/525 (11.0)

50/524 (9.5)

97/527 (18.4)

31/525 (5.9)

 
 

CHILD COMPLETED

Infection status

'Draw a Man'1

Line, circle, cross1

   

CT+ (n = 178)

17/121(14.0)

13/170(7.6)

   

CT- (n = 527)

54/372(14.5)

38/500(7.4)

   

2) PARENTAL CONCERNS, SPECIALIST REFERRAL, AND PARENTAL ANXIETY

 

CONCERNS

 

Learning/ development3

Speech & language3

ANY3

  

CT+ (n = 178)

24/176(13.6)

16/177(9.0)

34/178(19.1)

  

CT- (n = 527)

53/522(10.2)

55/522(10.5)

79/527(15.0)

  
 

REFERRALS

 

Learning/ development

Speech & language

ANY

Behaviour impact 2

Parental anxiety1

CT+ (n = 178)

10/178(5.6)

4/178(2.3)

11/178(6.2)

3/173 (1.7)

41/176 (23.3)

CT- (n = 527)

13/527(2.5)

14/527(2.7)

20/527(3.8)

16/509 (3.1)

61/521 (11.7)

3) PARENT-REPORTED IMPAIRMENT

 

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

 

Glasses only

Strabismus/ blind/limited vision

ANY

Hearing loss4

Neurological/mobility impairment5

CT+ (n = 178)

5

10

15/177 (8.5)

7/166 (4.2)

2/175 (1.1)

CT- (n = 527)

11

13

24/527 (4.6)

30/498(6.0)

4/522 (0.8)

  1. Full questionnaire available from the EMSCOT website [22]
  2. CT = congenital toxoplasmosis
  3. 1Adverse outcome defined by score corresponding most closely to the least able/most worried 10% in the uninfected children
  4. 2Adverse outcome defined by developers of SDQ questionnaire. Equivalent to lowest 10% in community sample of 10,000 examined in evaluation study. [12]
  5. 3Defined by answering 'yes' or 'a little' to question(s) about concerns.
  6. 4Parents reported intermittent or permanent hearing loss
  7. 5Parents reported seizures requiring treatment, cerebral palsy, and/or impaired mobility