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Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare
BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of psychosocial problems by preventive child healthcare may lead to considerable health benefits, and a short questionnaire could support this aim. The aim of this study was to assess whether the Dutch version of the US Pediatric Symptom checklist (PSC) is v...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16872535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-197 |
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author | Reijneveld, Sijmen A Vogels, Anton GC Hoekstra, Femke Crone, Matty R |
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description | BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of psychosocial problems by preventive child healthcare may lead to considerable health benefits, and a short questionnaire could support this aim. The aim of this study was to assess whether the Dutch version of the US Pediatric Symptom checklist (PSC) is valid and suitable for the early detection of psychosocial problems among children. METHODS: We included 687 children (response 84.3%) aged 7–12 undergoing routine health assessments in nine Preventive Child Health Services across the Netherlands. Child health professionals interviewed and examined children and parents. Before the interview, parents completed an authorised Dutch translation of the PSC and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The CBCL and data on the child's current treatment status were used as criteria for the validity of the PSC. RESULTS: The consistency of the Dutch PSC was good (Cronbach alpha 0.89). The area under the ROC curve using the CBCL as a criterion was 0.94 (95% confidence interval 0.92 to 0.96). At the US cut-off (28 and above), the prevalence rate of an increased score and sensitivity were lower than in the USA. At a lower cut-off (22 and above), sensitivity and specificity were similar to that of the US version (71.7% and 93.0% respectively). Information on the PSC also helped in the identification of children with elevated CBCL Total Problems Scores, above solely clinical judgment. CONCLUSION: The PSC is also useful for the early detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare outside the USA, especially with an adjusted cut-off. |
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spelling | pubmed-15503962006-08-18 Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare Reijneveld, Sijmen A Vogels, Anton GC Hoekstra, Femke Crone, Matty R BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of psychosocial problems by preventive child healthcare may lead to considerable health benefits, and a short questionnaire could support this aim. The aim of this study was to assess whether the Dutch version of the US Pediatric Symptom checklist (PSC) is valid and suitable for the early detection of psychosocial problems among children. METHODS: We included 687 children (response 84.3%) aged 7–12 undergoing routine health assessments in nine Preventive Child Health Services across the Netherlands. Child health professionals interviewed and examined children and parents. Before the interview, parents completed an authorised Dutch translation of the PSC and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The CBCL and data on the child's current treatment status were used as criteria for the validity of the PSC. RESULTS: The consistency of the Dutch PSC was good (Cronbach alpha 0.89). The area under the ROC curve using the CBCL as a criterion was 0.94 (95% confidence interval 0.92 to 0.96). At the US cut-off (28 and above), the prevalence rate of an increased score and sensitivity were lower than in the USA. At a lower cut-off (22 and above), sensitivity and specificity were similar to that of the US version (71.7% and 93.0% respectively). Information on the PSC also helped in the identification of children with elevated CBCL Total Problems Scores, above solely clinical judgment. CONCLUSION: The PSC is also useful for the early detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare outside the USA, especially with an adjusted cut-off. BioMed Central 2006-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC1550396/ /pubmed/16872535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-197 Text en Copyright © 2006 Reijneveld et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Reijneveld, Sijmen A Vogels, Anton GC Hoekstra, Femke Crone, Matty R Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title | Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title_full | Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title_fullStr | Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title_short | Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
title_sort | use of the pediatric symptom checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16872535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-197 |
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