ArticleCureus2026
Predictors of Suspected Developmental Delay Identified Through Screening During the First Year of Life Among Special Newborn Care Unit Graduates in Rural North India.
Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundExpansion of special newborn care units (SNCUs) in India has improved neonatal survival. However, information regarding post-discharge suspected developmental delay outcomes among SNCU graduates remains limited, particularly in rural settings.
objectiveThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of suspected developmental delay among infants ≤12 months of age discharged from an SNCU through screening and to identify associated neonatal risk factors.
methodsThis hospital-based prospective follow-up study included 113 infants discharged from the SNCU of a rural tertiary care hospital in North India. Suspected developmental delay was assessed using the Trivandrum Developmental Screening Chart (TDSC), a validated screening tool. Infants who screened positive were considered to have suspected developmental delay. Maternal and neonatal risk factors were recorded. Associations were analyzed using chi-square/Fisher's exact test and multivariate logistic regression.
resultsSuspected developmental delay based on TDSC screening was identified in eight of 113 infants (7.1%). On univariate analysis, low birth weight (<2.5 kg), prematurity (<37 weeks), maternal hypothyroidism, and neonatal resuscitation were significantly associated with suspected developmental delay (p<0.05). On multivariate analysis, neonatal resuscitation (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 4.12; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.18-14.32; p=0.026) and low birth weight (adjusted OR 3.21; 95% CI 1.05-9.81; p=0.041) remained independent predictors.
conclusionApproximately one in 14 infants discharged from the SNCU showed suspected developmental delay based on screening at one year of age. Neonatal resuscitation and low birth weight were independent predictors. These findings highlight the need for structured developmental screening and follow-up of high-risk neonates within primary care and rural health systems.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.