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Diagnostic delay in children with neurodevelopmental conditions attending a publicly funded developmental assessment service: findings from the Sydney Child Neurodevelopment Research Registry by Kelsie A Boulton; Marie-Antoinette Hodge; Ailsa Jewell; Natalie Ong; Natalie Silove; Adam J Guastella is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objectives Early developmental assessment is crucial for effective support and intervention. This study examined factors that contribute to (a) older child age when caregivers first became concerned about their child’s development and (b) older child age at the point of entry into developmental and diagnostic assessment. We also quantified how factors contributed to risk of children not receiving an assessment by 5 years and considered the acceptability of electronic data capture for families. ## Design This cross-sectional study collected information about caregiver developmental concerns, family history and child characteristics. ## Setting Children and families entered a large, publicly funded hospital-based paediatric developmental assessment service. ## Participants Consecutively enrolled children (N=916) aged 6 months to 17 years with neurodevelopmental concerns and their caregivers. ## Main outcomes and measures A developmental history questionnaire completed by caregivers. ## Results The average age that caregivers identified developmental concerns was 3.0 years of age but the average age of a receiving a developmental assessment was 6.6 years. Only 46.4% of children rec
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- Author
- Kelsie A Boulton; Marie-Antoinette Hodge; Ailsa Jewell; Natalie Ong; Natalie Silove; Adam J Guastella
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)