Pediatr. praxi. 2013;14(3):206-209
Denver developmental screening test II (DDST-II) for the assessment of the development of pre-school children: pilot study
- Ústav ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, Lékařská fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě
Among the main activities carried out by paediatric nurse in practitioner’s office for children and adolescents belongs preventive care.
Within this care is paediatric nurse qualified to monitor the overall behaviour of the child and assess his psychomotor development.
There are developmental turning points, according to which the paediatric nurse may manage during the assessment, but a standardized
tool that can be used by nurse to map psychomotor development of the child is not available yet in the Czech form. For this reason was
bought the original version of Denver developmental test II, that was translated into Czech language and after the linguistic and technical
revision used for pilot testing in selected population of four-year children. The results of this testing states 30-minute administration,
a high success rate of Czech children and minimum of difficult tasks for children. The paper also presents the characteristics of the Denver
developmental screening test II.
Keywords: Denver test, development, child, screening, pre-school age
Published: July 15, 2013 Show citation
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