The aim of this study was to investigate if an owner's adult attachment style (AAS) influences how their dog interacts and obtains support from them during challenging events. A person's AAS describes how they perceive their relationship to other people, but it may also reflect their caregiving behavior, and so their behavior toward the dog. We measured the AAS of 51 female Golden retriever own...

PURPOSE There is little information about the reliability and validity of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in Ghana. This study sought to examine the reliability and factor structure of the GHQ-12 in Ghanaian adolescents. METHODS High school students (N = 770) completed the GHQ-12 and the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ). Internal consistency, convergent validity and exp...

Results: Using ASQ 18% of children were detected as having developmental disorders. Developmental screening with PDQ showed that developmental delay or doubtful condition was seen in 20% and 19% of children respectively. The estimated consistency coefficient between PDQ II and ASQ for fine and gross motor domains was 0.05 and 0.24, and for language and personal-social issues were 0.18 and 0.06,...

BACKGROUND Few population-based samples have previously published performance on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), a recommended screening tool to detect infant developmental delay. The aim of the study was to investigate performance on the ASQ in a population-based sample of 6-month-old infants. METHODS In this population-based questionnaire study from Oslo, Norway, the 30 item ASQ 6 ...

Los corticoides prenatales disminuyen la mortalidad y el distrés respiratorio (SDR) en recién nacidos prematuros (RNPT). Estos beneficios decrecen tras semana de su administración, recomendándose un rescate si existe una nueva amenaza parto prematuro. La repetición puede tener efectos deletéreos sus son controvertidos retraso del crecimiento intra- uterino (RCIU). Objetivo: comprobar los con be...

PURPOSE This study investigated the relationship between uncorrected astigmatism and early academic readiness in at-risk preschool-aged children. METHODS A vision screening and academic records review were performed on 122 three- to five-year-old children enrolled in the Philadelphia Head Start program. Vision screening results were related to two measures of early academic readiness, the tea...

OBJECTIVE This research was designed to identify the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST-II) in Iranian children, in order to provide an appropriate developmental screening tool for Iranian child health workers. METHODS At first a precise translation of test was done by three specialists in English literature and then it was revised ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the non-specific effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination at birth on psychomotor development. DESIGN This is a pre-specified secondary outcome from a randomised, clinical trial. SETTING Maternity units and paediatric wards at three university hospitals in Denmark. PARTICIPANTS Children born at gestational age (GA) 32 weeks and above. All women planning to...

In low- and middle-income countries (LIMCs), measuring early childhood development (ECD) with standard tests in large scale surveys and evaluations of interventions is difficult and expensive. Multi-dimensional screeners and single-domain tests ('short tests') are frequently used as alternatives. However, their validity in these circumstances is unknown. We examined the feasibility, reliability...