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Development problems were common five years after positive screening for language disorders and, or, autism at 2.5 years of age
- Source :
- Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 107(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aim: This study identified whether children who had screened positive for either developmental language disorder (DLD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at the age of 2.5 years had neurodevelopmental assessments five years later. Methods: Our study cohort were 288 children born from 1 July 2008 to 20 June 2009 who screened positive for DLD and, or, ASD at 2.5 years. Of these, 237 children were referred to, and assessed, at the Paediatric Speech and Language Pathology clinic (n = 176) or the Child Neuropsychiatry Clinic (n = 61) at the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Clinical registers covering all relevant outpatient clinics were reviewed five years later with regard to established diagnoses. Results: When the 237 were followed up five years later, 96 (40%) had established neurodevelopmental disorders or problems, often beyond DLD and ASD. Co‐existing problems were common in this cohort and multidisciplinary assessments were indicated. The other 60% did not appear in subsequent clinic records. It is likely that this 40% was a minimum rate and that more children will be referred for developmental problems later. Conclusion: Five years after they had been screened positive for DLD and, or autism at2.5 years, 40% of our cohort had remaining or other developmental problems.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Developmental language disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Neuropsychiatry
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
mental disorders
medicine
Outpatient clinic
Humans
Mass Screening
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Language Development Disorders
Child
Sweden
business.industry
05 social sciences
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Developmental disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cohort
Autism
Female
Speech-Language Pathology
business
050104 developmental & child psychology
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16512227
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....29ac8ffced0c054ccd8f4985dbaaf9e9