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Vol.3 , No. 1, Publication Date: Jan. 12, 2016, Page: 13-16
 Questionnaire&description=Background. The Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) is a validated tool for developmental screening of children. Physicians at a family medicine clinic that serves a large Somali population noticed that Somali parents rarely had any concerns about their children documented on the PEDS forms. Objective. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the use of a Somali translation of the PEDS response form on the parental concern rate. Method. A Somali translation of the PEDS response form was obtained. Interpreters were asked to use the Somali version of the form. Records were reviewed for well child visits for two months before and after the use of the Somali translation. Result. 101 visits were reviewed before and 103 visits after the Somali translation became available. After the translation was available, although an interpreter was used for 34% of the visits, the Somali form was only used 13% of the time. Concerns were expressed by few parents, regardless of the language spoken. 5% of Somali children and 1.6% of English speaking children had scores indicating developmental concerns. Ten (12%) Somali children had scores indicating problems communicating with the parent and an inability to assess the development appropriately. Six of these ten parents had an interpreter for the visit. Conclusion. The PEDS questionnaire identified many fewer children with developmental concerns than has been reported previously. The Somali translation was used infrequently by the interpreters. The translation did not improve the identification of children with developmental concerns.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/906.jpg)
| [1] | Diane J. Madlon-Kay, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA. |
| [2] | Sankari Kasi, Kaiser Permanente, San Ramon, CA, USA. |
| [3] | Nadia Malik, St. Peter, MN, USA. |
Background. The Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) is a validated tool for developmental screening of children. Physicians at a family medicine clinic that serves a large Somali population noticed that Somali parents rarely had any concerns about their children documented on the PEDS forms. Objective. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the use of a Somali translation of the PEDS response form on the parental concern rate. Method. A Somali translation of the PEDS response form was obtained. Interpreters were asked to use the Somali version of the form. Records were reviewed for well child visits for two months before and after the use of the Somali translation. Result. 101 visits were reviewed before and 103 visits after the Somali translation became available. After the translation was available, although an interpreter was used for 34% of the visits, the Somali form was only used 13% of the time. Concerns were expressed by few parents, regardless of the language spoken. 5% of Somali children and 1.6% of English speaking children had scores indicating developmental concerns. Ten (12%) Somali children had scores indicating problems communicating with the parent and an inability to assess the development appropriately. Six of these ten parents had an interpreter for the visit. Conclusion. The PEDS questionnaire identified many fewer children with developmental concerns than has been reported previously. The Somali translation was used infrequently by the interpreters. The translation did not improve the identification of children with developmental concerns.
Keywords
Developmental Screening Test, Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), Developmental Delay, Primary Care
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