Long-term psychiatric and neurodevelopmental profiles of children with global developmental delay

Table 3 Developmental outcomes at 24-month follow-up, mean ± SD (n = 100)

Domain	Baseline	24-month	Mean change (95%CI)	P value	Effect size (d)
Global DQ	65.4 ± 11.3	70.2 ± 13.1	4.8 (3.2-6.4)	< 0.001	0.39
Cognitive	62.3 ± 10.8	66.8 ± 12.4	4.5 (2.9-6.1)	< 0.001	0.39
Language	58.7 ± 13.2	61.9 ± 14.6	3.2 (1.8-4.6)	< 0.001	0.23
Social-emotional	64.5 ± 12.1	69.3 ± 13.8	4.8 (3.1-6.5)	< 0.001	0.37
Fine motor	68.2 ± 11.6	74.3 ± 12.9	6.1 (4.3-7.9)	< 0.001	0.50
Gross motor	71.4 ± 10.3	78.7 ± 11.2	7.3 (5.4-9.2)	< 0.001	0.68
Adaptive behavior	61.8 ± 12.7	67.2 ± 14.1	5.4 (3.7-7.1)	< 0.001	0.40

DQ: Developmental quotient; SD: Standard deviation; CI: Confidence interval; d: Cohen’s d.