Efectividad de los instrumentos de tamizaje de alteraciones del desarrollo psicomotor utilizados en niños de tres cinco años

Abstract

The objective of this research was to know the effectiveness of the Denver test and the Prunape test in detecting alterations in psychomotor development in children between three and five years of age. The study had a qualitative and quantitative approach methodology, the mixed design was sequential exploratory with a field research modality. The study sample consisted of 245 children from 3 to 5 years of age, who are studying at the Anibal Salgado Educational Institution at the preschool and school level. The results were obtained that the Denver test has a screening validity of 94% while the Prunape test with a result of 97%. Considering, sensitivity: in the Denver test 56%, on the other hand, the Prunape test obtained 80% sensitivity, which indicates that the latter has the least amount of variation of alterations that it intends to measure. Finally, the specificity of the tools was considered, where the Denver test had 95% and the Prunape test with 100%, that is, in any population that applies this instrument with this cut-off point, almost 100% of children who have suspected alterations in psychomotor development. It was concluded that the most effective screening instrument for determining alterations in psychomotor development is the Prunape test, considering relevant aspects such as the result of each instrument evaluation, validity indicators, prevalence index and application time.