INTERGROWTH-21st Project international INTER-NDA standards for child development at 2 years of age: an international prospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the construction of the international INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA) standards for child development at 2 years by reporting the cognitive, language, motor and behaviour outcomes in optimally healthy and nourished children in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project.

Design

Population-based cohort study, the INTERGROWTH-21st Project.

Setting

Brazil, India, Italy, Kenya and the UK.

Participants

1181 children prospectively recruited from early fetal life according to the prescriptive WHO approach, and confirmed to be at low risk of adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes.

Primary measures

Scaled INTER-NDA domain scores for cognition, language, fine and gross motor skills and behaviour; vision outcomes measured on the C

SUBMITTER: Fernandes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282399 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature