Can the Child Behavior Checklist be used to screen for motor impairment?

Can the Child Behavior Checklist be used to screen for motor impairment?

AIM It has been suggested that one approach to identifying motor impairment in children is to use the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) as a screening tool. The current study examined the validity of the CBCL in identifying motor impairment. METHOD A total of 398 children, 206 females and 192 males, aged from 3 years 9 months to 14 years 10 months were assessed on the McCarron Assessment of Neu...

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Can hair be used to screen for breast cancer?

EDITOR—The use of hair as a biopsy tissue has been considered for some time. For instance, in the case of breast cancer, raised zinc levels in head hair have been reported. 1 Besides, x ray diVraction patterns of hair are rich and have attracted much attention for 70 years. 2 However, its potential use as a diagnostic indicator of disease was only suggested a short time ago. 3 Most recently, Ja...

Successive 1-Month Weight Increments in Infancy Can Be Used to Screen for Faltering Linear Growth.

BACKGROUND Linear growth faltering in the first 2 y contributes greatly to a high stunting burden, and prevention is hampered by the limited capacity in primary health care for timely screening and intervention. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine an approach to predicting long-term stunting from consecutive 1-mo weight increments in the first year of life. METHODS By using the referenc...

Can the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults Be Used as a Screen for Perception Experiments?

When screening participants for speech perception experiments, formal audiometric screens are often not an option, especially when studies are conducted over the Internet. We investigated whether a brief standardized self-report questionnaire, the screening version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA-S), could be used to approximate the results of audiometric screening. Our resul...