Bondi Bianca C, Tassone Vanessa K, Bucsea Oana, Desrocher Mary, Pepler Debra J
Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Neuropsychol Rev. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1007/s11065-024-09641-7.
The first 6 years of life are when 90% of brain development occurs, setting the foundation for lifelong neurodevelopment. The field of infant and early childhood neurodevelopment has made marginal advancements since introduced in 1988. There remains a gap in knowledge around early neurodevelopmental domains and trajectories given that there are few established assessment procedures for infants and young children and controversies around reserving assessments until school age. Throughout this systematic review, we (1) identified neurodevelopmental assessment measures employed in the literature by domain and age of assessment, (2) compiled a repository of 608 domain-specific neurodevelopmental assessment measures, and (3) established a preliminary conceptual framework for cross-domain neurodevelopmental assessments across infancy and early childhood. This review adhered to PRISMA guidelines and spanned three databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed). Articles were reviewed for (1) infancy and early childhood (0-6 years), (2) neurodevelopmental measures, and (3) English language. This systematic review spanned 795 articles from 1978 to 2020 with international representation. Advancements in assessment methods (e.g. measures, domains, frameworks) are essential for the evaluation of early neurodevelopmental profiles to inform early interventions, thus harnessing the neuroplasticity and dynamic development notable during early childhood. We hope this work catalyzes future research and clinical guidelines around early assessments methods.
大脑发育的90%发生在生命的头6年，为终身神经发育奠定基础。自1988年引入以来，婴幼儿神经发育领域进展甚微。鉴于针对婴幼儿的既定评估程序很少，且围绕将评估推迟到学龄期存在争议，早期神经发育领域和轨迹方面仍存在知识空白。在整个系统评价中，我们（1）按评估领域和年龄确定了文献中使用的神经发育评估措施，（2）汇编了一个包含608项特定领域神经发育评估措施的资料库，（3）建立了一个针对婴儿期和幼儿期跨领域神经发育评估的初步概念框架。本评价遵循PRISMA指南，涵盖三个数据库（PsycINFO、MEDLINE、PubMed）。对文章的审查标准为：（1）婴儿期和幼儿期（0至6岁），（2）神经发育措施，（3）英语。本系统评价涵盖了1978年至2020年的795篇具有国际代表性的文章。评估方法（如措施、领域、框架）的进展对于评估早期神经发育概况以指导早期干预至关重要，从而利用幼儿期显著的神经可塑性和动态发育。我们希望这项工作能推动围绕早期评估方法的未来研究和临床指南。
