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Table 3 Agreement between NDDS and composite indicators of delay for children over 3 (Group B; n = 211)

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

107

143

97

130

116

162

114

158

False negative

13

25

23

38

4

6

6

10

False positive

64

28

57

24

83

37

80

36

True positive

27

15

34

19

8

6

11

7

Sensitivity (%) (95 % CI)

68 (51–81)

38 (23–54)

60 (46–72)

33 (21–47)

67 (35–90)

50 (21–79)

65 (38–86)

41 (18–67)

Specificity (%) (95 % CI)

63 (70–55)

84 (89–77)

63 (71–55)

84 (90–78)

58 (65–51)

81 (87–75)

59 (66–51)

81 (87–75)

PPV (%) (95 % CI)

30 (21–40)

35 (21–51)

37 (27–48)

44 (29–60)

9 (4–17)

14 (5–28)

12 (6–21)

16 (7–31)

NPV (%) (95 % CI)

89 (94–82)

85 (90–79)

81 (87–73)

77 (83–70)

97 (99–92)

96 (99–92)

95 (98–89)

94 (97–89)