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. 2023 Jan 24;13(1):e062562. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062562

Table 2.

Study measures in addition to GSED

Construct What the measure captures Measure Administration mode Time for administer (min)
Child health and household socioeconomic status (SES)

  • Eligibility (exclusion criteria)

  • Demographic information

  • Information about acute child health

  • Delivery and perinatal conditions

  • Breast feeding

  • Child’s health history

  • Household socioeconomic status*

  • Caregiver education

  • Maternal health/chronic illness

  • COVID-19 exposure

 Eligibility and contextual form (specifically developed for the study) Caregiver report 35
Anthropometry

  • Weight at time of assessment

  • Infant length/child height at the time of assessment

  • Child’s mid-upper arm circumference at time of assessment

  • Child’s head circumference at time of assessment

 Anthropometry form Child assessment 15
Family/home environment

  • Home environment (HOME only)

  • Play/stimulation/interactions between the child and other family members in the home (HOME and FCI)

 Home observation for measurement of the environment inventory (HOME)29
OR family care indicators (FCI)30 †		 HOME: caregiver report & observation
FCI: caregiver report		 HOME: 45
FCI: 15

  • Child neglect/abuse

  • Exposure to violence or conflict

 Childhood Psychosocial Adversity Scale (CPAS)31 † Caregiver report 15

  • Family resilience

 Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)32 † Caregiver report 1

  • Family social support

 Family Support Scale (FSS)33 † Caregiver report 5
Caregiver health and well-being

  • Caregiver depressive symptoms

 The Patient Health Questionnaire- 9 (PHQ-9)34 Caregiver report 5
Child development

  • Global child development (0–41 months)

 Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III)35 OR
Griffiths Mental Development Scales36 ‡		 Direct child assessment 45–60

  • Global child development (24–41 months)

 Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030)4 § Caregiver report 10

*Socioeconomic information on this form comes from the standard DHS multiple assets index; however, some sites have adapted the socioeconomic status items to better fit their contexts.

†These measures have been minorly adapted for the purpose of the study.

‡In a subsample (n=150).

§In a subsample (all children of 24–41 months within the predictive validity subsamples in three countries).

DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; GSED, Global Scales for Early Development.