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Observational studyThe American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment.

Roberta Pineda, Lara Liszka, Jenny Kwon, Michael Wallendorf

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Observational study in The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roberta PinedaRoberta Pineda, PhD, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor, Program in Occupational Therapy and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; pineda_r@kids.wustl.edu.
Lara LiszkaLara Liszka, OTD/S, is Doctor of Occupational Therapy Student, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Jenny KwonJenny Kwon, OTD/S, is Doctor of Occupational Therapy Student, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Michael WallendorfMichael Wallendorf, PhD, is Research Statistician, Division of Biostatics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center-Administrative Down Syndrome SupplementU54HD087011 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CONSTANTINO, JOHN N. · 2015 to 2019
$7.1M
Improving Outcome Measurement for Medical Rehabilitaiton Clinical TrialsR24HD065688 · NICHD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI JETTE, ALAN MAURICE, ZAFONTE, ROSS DENNIS · 2010 to 2014
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD065688NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD087011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceFew neonatal feeding assessments are currently available, and the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment is the only one that identifies feeding impairment while considering the developmental changes that occur from preterm birth to term-equivalent age.

objectiveTo determine the interrater reliability and concurrent validity of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment.

designProspective, observational study.

settingLevel 4 neonatal intensive care unit.

participantsA convenience sample of 7 neonatal therapists participated in reliability testing. For concurrent validity, a prospective cohort of 52 preterm infants born ≤32 wk gestation had feeding assessed at term-equivalent age. OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Intraclass correlations (ICCs) and Fleiss's κ statistics were used to define reliability across therapists, who independently scored five videos of preterm infants orally feeding using the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment. Concurrent validity was determined by evaluating relationships between the Neonatal Oral Motor Assessment Scale (NOMAS) and the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment using an independent-samples t test and χ² analysis.

resultsThe ICC for the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment total score was 0.90 (confidence interval [CI] [0.70, 0.99]). Fleiss's κ scores for the 19 scorable items on the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment had predominately moderate, fair, and slight agreement, with 3 items having poor agreement. Dysfunctional NOMAS scores were related to lower Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment scores (t[49.4] = 3.72, mean difference = 12.2, 95% CI [5.60, 18.75], p = .001). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment has excellent reliability. Concurrent validity was established. WHAT THIS ARTICLE ADDS: This article reports that the final version of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment (Version 5.7) has excellent interrater and concurrent validity and is an important tool to assess the occupation of infant feeding in clinical practice.

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Infant, PrematureIntensive Care Units, NeonatalCohort StudiesHumansInfant, NewbornProspective StudiesReproducibility of Results

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PMID32204783
PMCPMC7090272
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