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Table 2 Agreement between NDDS and BSID-III-based indicators of delay for children aged 3 and under (Group A; n = 594)

From: Evaluation of the revised Nipissing District Developmental Screening (NDDS) tool for use in general population samples of infants and children

 

Mild delay

Severe delay

 

Published norms

Distribution-based cut-points

Published norms

Distribution-based cut-points

 

1+

2+

1+

2+

1+

2+

1+

2+

True negative

328

423

283

368

364

485

352

467

False negative

42

70

87

125

6

8

18

26

False positive

162

67

136

51

212

91

197

82

True positive

61

33

88

50

11

9

27

19

Sensitivity (%) (95 % CI)

59 (49–69)

32 (23–42)

50 (43–58)

29 (22–36)

65 (38–86)

53 (28–77)

60 (44–74)

42 (28–58)

Specificity (%) (95 % CI)

67 (62–71)

86 (83–89)

68 (63–72)

88 (84–91)

63 (59–67)

84 (81–87)

64 (60–68)

85 (82–88)

PPV (%) (95 % CI)

27 (22–34)

33 (24–43)

39 (33–46)

50 (39–60)

5 (2–9)

9 (4–16)

12 (8–17)

19 (12–28)

NPV (%) (95 % CI)

89 (85–92)

86 (82–89)

76 (72–81)

75 (71–78)

98 (97–99)

98 (97–99)

95 (92–97)

95 (92–97)

  1. Note: PPV Positive Predictive Value, NPV Negative Predictive Value