TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensitivity and Specificity of the Autism Diagnostic Inventory-Telephone Screening in Spanish
AU - Vrancic, D.
AU - Nanclares, V.
AU - Soares, D.
AU - Kulesz, A.
AU - Mordzinski, C.
AU - Plebst, C.
AU - Starkstein, Sergio
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We report on the development in Argentina of a screening questionnaire for autism administered over the telephone. The Autism Diagnostic Inventory-Telephone Screening in Spanish (ADI-TSS) is based on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), keeping its structure but including fewer questions, which were rephrased to assess them over the telephone. The ADI-TSS went through different versions, with each modification gaining in reliability. The final version of the ADI-TSS could be assessed in 20 to 40 minutes and demonstrated a high validity (using the ADI-R as the diagnostic gold-standard), high intrarater and interrater reliability (as measured with intraclass correlations), and high internal consistency (as measured with Cronbach's alpha). The validity of the ADI-TSS remained high when used by a health-related professional without formal training in the assessment of autistic patients. We believe the ADI-TSS is useful in field research studies as a screening instrument for patients with a potential diagnosis of autism, although future validation studies should include larger samples.
AB - We report on the development in Argentina of a screening questionnaire for autism administered over the telephone. The Autism Diagnostic Inventory-Telephone Screening in Spanish (ADI-TSS) is based on the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), keeping its structure but including fewer questions, which were rephrased to assess them over the telephone. The ADI-TSS went through different versions, with each modification gaining in reliability. The final version of the ADI-TSS could be assessed in 20 to 40 minutes and demonstrated a high validity (using the ADI-R as the diagnostic gold-standard), high intrarater and interrater reliability (as measured with intraclass correlations), and high internal consistency (as measured with Cronbach's alpha). The validity of the ADI-TSS remained high when used by a health-related professional without formal training in the assessment of autistic patients. We believe the ADI-TSS is useful in field research studies as a screening instrument for patients with a potential diagnosis of autism, although future validation studies should include larger samples.
U2 - 10.1023/A:1016335003256
DO - 10.1023/A:1016335003256
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 313
EP - 320
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 4
ER -