Title
Towards new reference for the Dutch development instrument
Author
Deurloo, J.
Huizing, A.
van der Harst, S.
de Wilde, J.
van Dommelen, P.
Verkerk, P.
Publication year
2022
Abstract
Aims The Dutch Development Instrument (DDI; in Dutch: Van Wiechenonderzoek) is used in the Dutch Youth Health Care (YHC) to monitor child development from birth to the age of 4 years. Reference values for the DDI, which indicate that approximately 90% of children achieve each milestone at the recommended age, were published in 1981. Aim of this study is to evaluate the reference values of the DDI in a Dutch population, to investigate whether new reference values are needed. Materials and methods Anonymized DDI results, collected from 19,840 children born in the period 2011-2013 in the YHC in The Hague, were compared with reference values from previous research. In addition, it was examined whether there are relevant (≥5%) differences between boys and girls. Results The proportion of children achieving a milestone at the recommended age ranged between 81% and 100%. At approximately half of the milestones (32/71; 45%), ≥98% of the children achieved the milestone at the recommended age. For 8/71 (11%) milestones,
Subject
Dutch development instrument
Milestones
Develoment study Refrence Values
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TNO identifier
977853
Publisher
Conventus Credo, Zagreb
Source
21st EUSUHM (European Union for School and University Health and Medicine) Congress School and Adolescent Health Priorities - Rethinking, Redefining, Responding, 29th Sept-2nd Oct 2022, Split, Coratia, 20
Document type
conference paper