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Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service
INTRODUCTION: The Social Communication Questionnaire is used to identify children and young people (CYP) who may require formal ASD assessment. However, there is a paucity of research on its utility in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This evaluation aimed to determine the sensitivity...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10280659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36472121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045221137196 |
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author | Staton, Amelia Dawson, David Moghaddam, Nima McGrath, Barbara |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The Social Communication Questionnaire is used to identify children and young people (CYP) who may require formal ASD assessment. However, there is a paucity of research on its utility in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This evaluation aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in a UK, Midlands CAMHS service. METHOD: Forty young people (mean age 13.75 years) were screened using the caregiver reported SCQ before completing ‘gold standard’ assessment. RESULTS: The SCQ had a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 25.7%. ROC curve analysis indicated low diagnostic accuracy. Differences in predictive accuracy of SCQ and diagnostic standard were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: This evaluation builds on previous research suggesting that the SCQ may not be an efficient screening tool in CAMHS settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-102806592023-06-21 Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service Staton, Amelia Dawson, David Moghaddam, Nima McGrath, Barbara Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry Neurodiverstiy INTRODUCTION: The Social Communication Questionnaire is used to identify children and young people (CYP) who may require formal ASD assessment. However, there is a paucity of research on its utility in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This evaluation aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in a UK, Midlands CAMHS service. METHOD: Forty young people (mean age 13.75 years) were screened using the caregiver reported SCQ before completing ‘gold standard’ assessment. RESULTS: The SCQ had a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 25.7%. ROC curve analysis indicated low diagnostic accuracy. Differences in predictive accuracy of SCQ and diagnostic standard were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: This evaluation builds on previous research suggesting that the SCQ may not be an efficient screening tool in CAMHS settings. SAGE Publications 2022-12-06 2023-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10280659/ /pubmed/36472121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045221137196 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Neurodiverstiy Staton, Amelia Dawson, David Moghaddam, Nima McGrath, Barbara Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title | Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title_full | Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title_fullStr | Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title_full_unstemmed | Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title_short | Specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a UK CAMHS service |
title_sort | specificity and sensitivity of the social communication questionnaire
lifetime screening tool for autism spectrum disorder in a uk camhs service |
topic | Neurodiverstiy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10280659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36472121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045221137196 |
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