CRITERIA VALIDATION OF THE EDIN II TEST FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE

ABSTRACT

Objective

to generate evidence of validity of criteria of the General Test for the Evaluation of the Integral Development of Boys and Girls, between one month and six years of age (EDIN-II), in the Costa Rican population.

Method

the EDIN-II and Battelle-2 tests were applied to 69 children, classified with: biological risk, environmental risks or apparently healthy, during 2019 and 2020. Through a Receiver Operating Characteristic curve model, sensitivity, specificity and efficacy discriminative efficacy of the test were determined, for differentiating “healthy” subjects versus those with delay or risk of delay.

Results

the EDIN-II test presented a value below the curve of 0.7347 [95% CI = 0.6040 - 0.8647]; it reached a global sensitivity value of 0.688 and a global specificity of 0.642.

Conclusion

nursing may use the EDIN-II test in the different pediatric care settings, favoring the timely detection of possible delays in child development.

DESCRIPTORS
Child Development; Validation Study; Child Health; Mass Screening; Primary Health Care