Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
5-2020
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Alyson Jo Chroust
Committee Members
Andrea Clements, Meredith Ginley
Abstract
The incidences of maternal opioid use and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) have increased by nearly 400% over the past decade. Isemann and colleagues (2017) developed prediction tools (TiTE/TiTE2) to differentiate, within the first two days of life, between infants who will require pharmacotherapy for NOWS from those infants who will not require pharmacotherapy for NOWS. The goal of the current experiment was to replicate and extend their prediction model. The present experiments successfully replicated Isemann et al., (2017) results and also established alternative cutoff values for requiring treatment that provide better balance between all four metrics. Moreover, new prediction models (TEN/TEN2) were proposed based on a factor analysis of modified Finnegan scores across the first 48 hours of life. Area Under the Curve-Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analyses indicated that the TEN2 was the best prediction model compared to the TiTE2 and the TEN.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Parrish, Loni, "A Replication and Extension of a Prediction Tool Identifying Need for Treatment Among Opioid Exposed Infants" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3758. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3758
Copyright
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