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Autism screening questionnaire: diagnostic validity

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Berument, Sibel Kazak, Rutter, Michael, Lord, Catherine, Pickles, Andrew, Bailey, Anthony·1999·British Journal of Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: Good interview and diagnostic measures for autism and other pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are available but there is a lack of a good screening questionnaire. AIMS: To develop and test a screening questionnaire based on items in the best available diagnostic interview--the Autism Diagnostic Interview--Revised (ADI-R). METHOD: A 40-item scale, the Autism Screening Questionnaire (ASQ), was developed and tested on a sample of 160 individuals with PDD and 40 with non-PDD diagnoses. RESULTS: The ASQ has good discriminative validity with respect to the separation of PDD from non-PDD diagnoses at all IQ levels, with a cut-off of 15 proving most effective. The differentiation between autism and other varieties of PDD was weaker. CONCLUSIONS: The ASQ is an effective screening questionnaire for PDD.

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  • Autism diagnosis was verified by age-appropriate screening (M-CHAT or SCQ) followed by ADOS evaluation conducted by a research-reliable assessor.

    “To verify ASD, students were screened for autism with the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT; Robins, Fein, Barton, & Green, 2001) or the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Berument, Rutter, Lord, Pickles, & Bailey, 1999), depending on age. Students were then evaluated using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (Lord et al., 2000) to verify diagnosis by an evaluator with”

    From Too Stressed to Teach? Teaching Quality, Student Engagement, and IEP Outcomes (2017) · cites this paper as Berument, Rutter, Lord, Pickles, & Bailey, 1999

  • The SCQ is a valid measure for discriminating ASD from non-ASD cases with a cut-off of 15.

    “To date, two validation studies have revealed that the SCQ is a valid measure for discriminating ASD from non-ASD cases with a cut-off of P 15”

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Authors
Berument, S. K., Rutter, M., Lord, C., Pickles, A., & Bailey, A.
Corresponding author
Berument, Sibel Kazak
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
1999-11
Volume
175
Issue
5
Pages
444-451
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W1970841625
Cited by
1,464
References
17
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FWCI
6.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
autism screening, pervasive developmental disorders, ADI-R, diagnostic validity, discriminant validity, screening cut-off values, autism diagnosis
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Autistic Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Fragile X Syndrome, Humans, Language Development Disorders, Mass Screening, Intellectual Disability, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sensitivity and Specificity, Rett Syndrome, Conduct Disorder, Asperger Syndrome

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