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Background: General movements assessment (GMA) is a non-invasive tool
for early assessment of neonatal spontaneous movements. This study aimed to
assess the effectiveness of GMA in predicting the neuromotor development outcomes
of high-risk infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS).
Methods: The results of GMA at different phases in 80 children with NRDS
expected to be born between September 2020 and July 2021 were collected, and the
neuromotor development outcomes were verified by Peabody Developmental Motor
Scales-2 (PDMS-2) follow-up from March 2022 to May 2022. The study used the
screening method and the Chi-square test to analyze the predictive value of
different phases of GMA. Results: The GMA writhing movements phase
showed an accuracy of 70.00%, a sensitivity of 82.76%, a specificity of
62.75%, a positive predictive value of 55.81%, a negative predictive value of
86.49%, a Youden index of 0.46, and a positive likelihood ratio of 2.22. The GMA
fidgety movements phase showed an accuracy of 95.00%, a sensitivity of 96.55%,
a specificity of 94.12%, a positive predictive value of 90.32%, a negative
predictive value of 97.96%, a Youden index of 0.91, and a positive likelihood
ratio of 16.42. The differences between the specificity, accuracy and negative
predictive values of GMA were statistically different (