TABLE 1.

Overview of the full and modified Alarm Distress Baby (ADBB) scale.

Full ADBBa	Modified ADBBb
1. Facial expression	1. Facial expression
2. Eye contact	2. Eye contact
3. General level of activity	3. General level of activity
4. Self-stimulation
5. Vocalization	4. Vocalization
6. Briskness of response to stimulation
7. Relationship to observer	5. Relationship to observer
8. Attraction

^aItems scored 0–4, possible score range from 0 to 32, cutoff ≥ 5. ^bItems scored 0 to 2, except vocalization, which is scored 0 to 1; possible scores ranged from 0 to 9, cutoff ≥ 2.