The Neurobehavioral Assessment for Preterm Infants (NAPI) is an instrument that was developed to measure the progression of neurobehavioral development in preterm infants born from 32 weeks conceptional age to term. This study examined the concurrent validity of the NAPI against another neonatal criterion instrument, the Einstein Neonatal Neurobehavioral Assessment Scale (ENNAS), which measures similar constructs and has demonstrated excellent reliability and validity. The results indicated that there was good correlation between many similar items and clusters found on both the NAPI and ENNAS. There was also a good correlation between NAPI cluster scores and performance and the ENNAS total deviant score, and the NAPI was sensitive to differences between infants classified as normal or abnormal by the ENNAS. Clinicians and researchers require instruments with psychometrically sound properties so that accurate tests results are obtained and this study has contributed to strengthening the validity of the NAPI.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.31240 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Hyman, Chaya. |
| Contributors | Snider, Laurie (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (School of Physical and Occupational Therapy.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001804692, proquestno: MQ70437, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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