Abstract
AimAs nowadays more children survive neonatal critical illness, evaluation of long‐term morbidities becomes more important. We determined whether the parent‐reported Movement Assessment Battery for Children‐Second Edition (MABC‐2) Checklist is a proper tool to screen for motor problems in school‐aged children born with severe anatomical anomalies and/or treated with neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.MethodsWe analysed data of 190/253 children (60.0% male) participating in our multidisciplinary follow‐up programme who were routinely assessed at the ages of five, eight and/or 12 years. Parents completed the Checklist prior to assessment of the child's actual motor performance by a physical therapist using the MABC‐2 Test. The sensitivity and specificity of the Checklist with a cut‐off point of the 16th percentile were determined.ResultsThe sensitivity of the MABC‐2 Checklist was 57.1%, which implies that 42.9% of the children at risk for motor problems were not identified. The specificity was 79.1%.ConclusionThe low sensitivity of the MABC‐2 Checklist suggests that this instrument does not suffice to screen for motor problems in children who survived neonatal critical illness. Yet, it may help to gain insight in parental perceptions of the child's motor performance and to provide tailored advice on lifestyle.
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