Table 4.
Usability of a text-based developmental screening tool.
| Measures of efficiency and effectiveness | Overall (N=81) | “Doing well” (N=51) | “May be behind” (N=30) | ||||
| Efficiency, n (%) | |||||||
| Initiation of tool (participants able to text “DM” to 511411 and trigger developmental screening questions) | 81 (100) | 51 (100) | 30 (100) | ||||
| Responding to screening questions | |||||||
| Participants able to trigger and respond to all 6 developmental screening questions | 81 (100) | 51 (100) | 30 (100) | ||||
| Attempts required to complete all 6 developmental screening questions | |||||||
| Completed on first attempt | 64 (79) | —a | — | ||||
| Completed on second attempt | 16 (20) | — | — | ||||
| Completed on third attempt | 1 (1) | — | — | ||||
| Time required for completion (average amount of time to complete all 6 screening questions), min | 4.39 | 4.38 | 4.4 | ||||
| Effectiveness, n (%) | |||||||
| Receiving results (participants receiving results by text following completion of screening questions), | 81 (100) | 51 (100) | 30 (100) | ||||
| Follow-up of infants with one/more missed milestones: Did the mother of infant with one/more missed milestone meet/talk with ITPb program? | |||||||
| ITP representative met with mother (only) | — | — | 3 (10) | ||||
| ITP representative met with and reached the mother by phone | — | — | 9 (30) | ||||
| ITP representative reached the mother by phone (only) | — | — | 16 (53) | ||||
| ITP representative called but was not able to reach mother (did not meet with) | — | — | 2 (7) | ||||
aNot applicable.
bITP: Infants and Toddlers Program.