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Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report
Early identification of developmental delays with timely intervention, especially before the age of 3 years, can improve child development. In Singapore, however, diagnosis and intervention for developmental delays occur at a median age of 44 months. As early detection and intervention depends on an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557273/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34711585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001327 |
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author | Oo, Nwe Nwe Linn Ng, David Chee Chin Ostbye, Truls Allen, John Carson Agarwal, Pratibha Keshav Yeleswarapu, Sita Padmini Chong, Shu-Ling Guo, Xiaoxuan Chan, Yoke Hwee |
author_facet | Oo, Nwe Nwe Linn Ng, David Chee Chin Ostbye, Truls Allen, John Carson Agarwal, Pratibha Keshav Yeleswarapu, Sita Padmini Chong, Shu-Ling Guo, Xiaoxuan Chan, Yoke Hwee |
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description | Early identification of developmental delays with timely intervention, especially before the age of 3 years, can improve child development. In Singapore, however, diagnosis and intervention for developmental delays occur at a median age of 44 months. As early detection and intervention depends on an effective developmental screening programme, we aimed to improve the detection of developmental delays before the age of 3 years in a primary care setting. We did this by implementing a novel two-tiered screening programme which uses three standardised screening tools (Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status, PEDS-Developmental Milestones and Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3). We used quality improvement methods to integrate and optimise this two-tiered programme into the existing 9-month and 18-month screening schedule, with an additional screening at 30 months to replace the pre-existing 36-month screening of the National Child Health Surveillance Programme. A total of three Plan–Do–Study–Act cycles were performed to ensure programme feasibility and sustainability. They focused on adequately training the primary care nurses, targeting an 80% screening rate and aiming for 20 min screening tool administration time per child. We assessed the proportion of children referred to the child development units after positive screening for developmental concerns under the new programme, with a pre–post and with–without intervention comparison, and reviewed the screening rates and screening tool administration time. The proportion of 18-month old children referred for developmental concerns improved from 3.5%–7.1% over a 6-month period. For those who received further assessment by developmental specialists after the two-tiered screening, 100% received a definitive diagnosis of developmental delays, similar to the situation before programme introduction. Our quality improvement efforts facilitated successful integration of the two-tiered programme into the pre-existing screening schedule with minimal impact to the clinic workflow. While we highlight challenges in implementation that need to be addressed, our findings support a potential nationwide adoption of the two-tiered programme. |
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spelling | pubmed-85572732021-11-15 Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report Oo, Nwe Nwe Linn Ng, David Chee Chin Ostbye, Truls Allen, John Carson Agarwal, Pratibha Keshav Yeleswarapu, Sita Padmini Chong, Shu-Ling Guo, Xiaoxuan Chan, Yoke Hwee BMJ Open Qual Quality Improvement Report Early identification of developmental delays with timely intervention, especially before the age of 3 years, can improve child development. In Singapore, however, diagnosis and intervention for developmental delays occur at a median age of 44 months. As early detection and intervention depends on an effective developmental screening programme, we aimed to improve the detection of developmental delays before the age of 3 years in a primary care setting. We did this by implementing a novel two-tiered screening programme which uses three standardised screening tools (Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status, PEDS-Developmental Milestones and Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3). We used quality improvement methods to integrate and optimise this two-tiered programme into the existing 9-month and 18-month screening schedule, with an additional screening at 30 months to replace the pre-existing 36-month screening of the National Child Health Surveillance Programme. A total of three Plan–Do–Study–Act cycles were performed to ensure programme feasibility and sustainability. They focused on adequately training the primary care nurses, targeting an 80% screening rate and aiming for 20 min screening tool administration time per child. We assessed the proportion of children referred to the child development units after positive screening for developmental concerns under the new programme, with a pre–post and with–without intervention comparison, and reviewed the screening rates and screening tool administration time. The proportion of 18-month old children referred for developmental concerns improved from 3.5%–7.1% over a 6-month period. For those who received further assessment by developmental specialists after the two-tiered screening, 100% received a definitive diagnosis of developmental delays, similar to the situation before programme introduction. Our quality improvement efforts facilitated successful integration of the two-tiered programme into the pre-existing screening schedule with minimal impact to the clinic workflow. While we highlight challenges in implementation that need to be addressed, our findings support a potential nationwide adoption of the two-tiered programme. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8557273/ /pubmed/34711585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001327 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Quality Improvement Report Oo, Nwe Nwe Linn Ng, David Chee Chin Ostbye, Truls Allen, John Carson Agarwal, Pratibha Keshav Yeleswarapu, Sita Padmini Chong, Shu-Ling Guo, Xiaoxuan Chan, Yoke Hwee Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title | Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title_full | Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title_fullStr | Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title_full_unstemmed | Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title_short | Novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for Singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
title_sort | novel two-tiered developmental screening programme for singaporean toddlers: a quality improvement report |
topic | Quality Improvement Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557273/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34711585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001327 |
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