Early Intervention Service Intensity and Change in Children's Functional Capabilities.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
; 101(5): 815-821, 2020 05.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To estimate correlates of early intervention (EI) service dosage and gains in children's functional capabilities from EI entry and discharge.DESIGN:
Retrospective cohort study.SETTING:
Secondary analyses of a subset of data (N=1005) collected from an EI administrative database on children discharged from a large, urban EI program between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2016.PARTICIPANTS:
Children who were EI eligible due to developmental delay, had received an EI care plan and at least 1 billable EI service, and had outcomes data at EI entry and exit (N=1005). Measured child characteristics included age (49.0% 12-24mo; n=492), sex (36.0% female; n=362), number of developmental delays (76.1% had 1 developmental delay; n=765), and number of EI services received (78.5% received multiple; n=789). INTERVENTION Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Outcomes were EI service intensity (hours per month) and change in functional capabilities as measured via the state-mandated Child Outcomes Summary (COS). Adjusted quantile median regression estimated EI intensity. Adjusted linear regression estimated change in function for social-emotional, cognitive, and adaptive domains of the COS. Measures of children's developmental delay severity, age at EI entry, race and ethnicity, sex, and language.RESULTS:
Children older than 24 months old experienced significantly higher EI service intensity (b=0.40; 95% confidence interval, 0.18-0.63). Child age and EI service intensity were significantly linked to gains in social and cognitive COS score changes from EI entry to exit.CONCLUSIONS:
Older children receive a higher intensity of EI services. EI service intensity and age were linked with positive changes in functional gains.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Deficiências do Desenvolvimento
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Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Intervenção Educacional Precoce
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article