Predictors of developmental surveillance completion at six months of age in south western Sydney.
B J Overs, S Woolfenden, K Williams and 8 others
PMID 27910128WHAT IT FOUND
85% attended 6-month developmental checks, but only 51% had parent screening forms completed.
Being told about checks, higher income, English at home, term birth and nurse-led visits were linked to completion.
Key findings
0185% of parents attended the 6-month developmental surveillance check.
02Among attendees, 51% reported completion of the PEDS in the Personal Health Record.
03PEDS completion was associated with being informed about developmental surveillance, English spoken at home, annual income over $25 000, full-term birth, and a Child and Family Health Nurse completing the check.
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What it does not show
The study used parents' self-reports and telephone recall, so attendance and PEDS completion may not be exact. Only 75% of the original cohort were retained at 6 months, and families who stayed in the study may have been more likely to attend checks. The attendance model explained little of the variation, so the factors identified are weak predictors. PEDS completion was analysed only among parents who attended the 6-month check, so the results do not describe children who did not attend. The text and table give opposite directions for marital status and maternal employment in PEDS completion, so those factors cannot be reported clearly.
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Do not conclude that informing parents about checks, higher income, English at home, term birth, or nurse-led checks caused better completion. This was an observational cohort analysis of self-reported data, and the attendance model explained little of the variation.