Judging the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Assessment Tools to Guide Future Tool Development: The use of Clinimetrics as Opposed to Psychometrics

• Published in: Frontiers in pediatrics Vol. 5; p. 204
• Main Authors: Westgate, Philip M, Gomez-Pomar, Enrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 20.09.2017
• Subjects: Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Score; formative model; Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Score; Pediatrics; predictive accuracy; reflective model; Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Score; formative model; predictive accuracy; Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Score; reflective model

In the face of the current Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) epidemic, there is considerable variability in the assessment and management of infants with NAS. In this manuscript, we particularly focus on NAS assessment, with special attention given to the popular Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Score...