Factors Associated With Expressive and Receptive Language in French-Speaking Toddlers Clinically Diagnosed With Language Delay

ABSTRACTThis article describes a follow-up of 25 boys diagnosed as having specific expressive language delay (SELD) in the 24- to 31-month age period. At the time of diagnosis, all subjects had Bayley MDI scores above 85, Reynell Receptive Language Age scores within 4 months of their chronological age, and Reynell Expressive Language Age scores at least 5 months below chronological age; most had vocabularies of fewer than 50 words and few if any word combinations. At follow-up, 16 boys were 3 years old, 7 were 3½, and 2 were 4 years of age. When seen for follow-up, half the 25 boys still had very poor expressive language. These boys were speaking at best in short, telegraphic sentences, and many had moderately severe articulation disorders with quite poor intelligibility. The 12 boys with better outcome had a range of language skills. All spoke in sentences to some extent, and each displayed some mastery of early morphemes (prepositions, plurals, articles, progressive tense, and possessives). However, few if any of the children spoke in completely fluent, syntactically complex, and morphologically correct language. Problems with copula and auxiliary verbs, with past tense inflections, and with pronouns seemed especially common. This research suggests that children with SELD at 24 to 30 months are at considerable risk for continuing language problems.

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Prevalence of burnout risk and factors associated with burnout risk among ICU nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in French speaking Belgium

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103059 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103059

Author(s):

Arnaud Bruyneel ◽

Pierre Smith ◽

Jérôme Tack ◽

Magali Pirson

Keyword(s):

Factors Associated ◽

French Speaking ◽

Burnout Risk

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Language Delay Is Not Predictable from Available Risk Factors

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2013/947018 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Philip Wilson ◽

Fiona McQuaige ◽

Lucy Thompson ◽

Alex McConnachie

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Positive Predictive Value ◽

Predictive Value ◽

Univariate Analysis ◽

Male Gender ◽

Language Delay ◽

Predictive Capacity ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Health Visitors

Aims. To investigate factors associated with language delay in a cohort of 30-month-old children and determine if identification of language delay requires active contact with families.Methods. Data were collected at a pilot universal 30-month health contact. Health visitors used a simple two-item language screen. Data were obtained for 315 children; language delay was found in 33. The predictive capacity of 13 variables which could realistically be known before the 30-month contact was analysed.Results. Seven variables were significantly associated with language delay in univariate analysis, but in logistic regression only five of these variables remained significant.Conclusion. The presence of one or more risk factors had a sensitivity of 89% and specificity of 45%, but a positive predictive value of only 15%. The presence of one or more of these risk factors thus can not reliably be used to identify language delayed children, nor is it possible to define an “at risk” population because male gender was the only significant demographic factor and it had an unacceptably low specificity (52.5%). It is not possible to predict which children will have language delay at 30 months. Identification of this important ESSENCE disorder requires direct clinical contact with all families.

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Perceived Stress at Work and Associated Factors among E-Waste Workers in French-Speaking West Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph19020851 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 851

Author(s):

Nonvignon Marius Kêdoté ◽

Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh ◽

Steve Biko Tobada ◽

Aymeric Joaquin Darboux ◽

Pérince Fonton ◽

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Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Associated Factors ◽

African Region ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Family Responsibilities ◽

Factors Associated ◽

French Speaking ◽

Stress At Work

Perceived stress at work is an important risk factor that affects the mental and physical health of workers. This study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with perceived stress in the informal electronic and electrical equipment waste processing sector in French-speaking West Africa. From 14 to 21 November 2019, a cross-sectional survey was carried out among e-waste workers in five countries in the French-speaking West African region, and participants were selected by stratified random sampling. Participants were interviewed on socio-demographic variables and characteristics related to e-waste management activities using a questionnaire incorporating Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (10-item version). Factors associated with perceived stress were determined by multivariate logistic regression. A total of 740 e-waste workers were interviewed. The mean age of the workers was 34.59 ± 11.65 years, with extremes of 14 and 74 years. Most of the interviewees were repairers (43.11%). The prevalence of perceived stress among the e-waste workers was 76.76%. Insufficient income, number of working days per week, perceived violence at work, and the interference of work with family responsibilities or leisure were the risk factors that were the most associated with perceived stress. The high prevalence of perceived stress and its associated factors call for consideration and improvement of the working conditions of e-waste workers.

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Sequencing, timing, and rate relationships between language and motor skill in children with receptive language delay

Developmental Neuropsychology ◽

10.1080/87565649609540651 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 255-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Marcelle Schwartz ◽

Vivian Regan

Keyword(s):

Motor Skill ◽

Receptive Language ◽

Language Delay

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Language Delay and Hyperactivity in Preschoolers: Evidence for a Distinct Subgroup of Hyperactives*

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378703200808 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 32 (8) ◽

pp. 683-687 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Joseph Beitchman ◽

Martha Tuckett ◽

Susan Batth

Keyword(s):

Comparison Group ◽

Expressive Language ◽

Receptive Language ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Language Delay ◽

Distinct Subgroup ◽

Ottawa Hospital ◽

Comparison Groups ◽

Delayed Group ◽

Visual Motor

The possibility of a separate subgroup of language-delayed hyperactive preschoolers was explored. Cognitive and demographic variables of a series of cases at the Royal Ottawa Hospital Preschool Program were examined. A group of language-delayed hyperactive preschoolers was compared with a non-language delayed group of hyperactives and a non-hyperactive clinical comparison group. Significant differences between the language-delayed hyperactives and the two comparison groups were found on such variables as IQ, expressive language, receptive language, and visual-motor integration. The evidence presented supports the possibility of a separate subroup of hyperactive preschoolers with language delay and hyperactivity. The implications for both practice and theory are discussed and suggestions are made for further research.

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Environmental and Biological Risk Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Language Delay in Children Upto 6 Years of Age from Rural South India

JOURNAL FOR CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH ◽

10.7860/jcdr/2017/31738.10943 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Premkumar Belgin ◽

Binu Abraham ◽

Stephenson Baburaj ◽

MK Mohandas

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

South India ◽

Language Delay ◽

Rural South ◽

Biological Risk ◽

Factors Associated

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Nonlinguistic Cognitive Performance and Expressive and Receptive Language Scores in Children with Expressive Language Delay

10.15760/etd.6760 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Deborah Warren

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Expressive Language ◽

Receptive Language ◽

Language Delay ◽

Expressive Language Delay

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Language Growth in Children With Expressive Language Delay

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.83.2.218 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 83 (2) ◽

pp. 218-227

Author(s):

Janet E. Fischel ◽

Grover J. Whitehurst ◽

Marie B. Caulfield ◽

Barbara DeBaryshe

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Skills ◽

Language Disorder ◽

Expressive Language ◽

Receptive Language ◽

Language Delay ◽

Normal Range ◽

Vocabulary Size ◽

Mild Improvement ◽

Language Growth ◽

Expressive Language Delay

Developmental expressive language disorder is a frequently occurring condition in children, characterized by severe delay in the development of expressive language compared with receptive language and cognitive skills. Opinions differ regarding whether expressive language delay is a disorder worthy of active intervention or an indication of normal variation in the onset of expressive language. The purpose of this research was to follow for 5 months 26 2-year-old children in whom expressive language disorder had been carefully diagnosed to discover the rate of improvement and its predictors. Improvement was variable, with approximately one third of the children showing no improvement, one third showing mild improvement, and one third in the normal range at posttest. Nearly two thirds of the variance in improvement could be accounted for by three child variables measured by the pretest: parentally reported vocabulary size, parentally reported problems with having regular meals, and observed frequency of quiet activity not requiring the parent's management. A screening procedure involving only one of those variables, reported vocabulary size, was 81% accurate in identifying children's improvement status. The implications of these results for the management of children with expressive language disorder are discussed.

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