Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34082557›Full record

ArticleSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2021

Developmental delay in a resource-constrained environment: Screening, surveillance and diagnostic assessment.

Vasantha Govender, Deshini Naidoo, Pragashnie Govender

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Observational
  2. An audit of completeness of Road to Health Booklet at a community health centre in South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024
    Article
  3. Developmental delay in a resource-constrained environment: An approach to early intervention.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vasantha GovenderDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, KwaZulu-Natal Children's Hospital, Durban, South Africa; and, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, Durban. govenderv29@ukzn.ac.za.
Deshini Naidoo
Pragashnie Govender

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The range and severity of developmental delays vary, and a systematic approach to ensuring early detection for early intervention is essential. The formative years are considered critical for nurturing and maximising developmental potential. In this article, the authors describe a clinical approach to developmental delay within resource-constrained environments of South Africa. The article unpacks the history and examination, developmental screening, surveillance and diagnostic assessment and social determinants of health. For timely interventions to occur, early and accurate assessment is necessary. Medical officers and other health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners and therapists working in low-resourced contexts may use this information in their approach to the assessment of developmental delay.

Indexed as

Diagnostic Tests, RoutineMass ScreeningEarly DiagnosisHumansSouth Africadevelopmental delaydiagnostic assessmentearly identificationpaediatric screeningresource constrained

Identifiers

PMID34082557
PMCPMC8378019

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.