APPLICABILITY OF RUTTER-B SCALE ON INDIAN POPULATION

Applicability of Rutter-B Scale for completion by teachers was assessed on a representative sample of 963 school children between the ages of 4-11 yrs. The findings revealed that at the recommended cut-off score of 9, the scale has low sensitivity (51.8%) and very low specificity (34.1%). Concordanc...

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Autores principales: Malhotra, Savita, Arun, Priti, Kohli, Adarsh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21407911
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Sumario:Applicability of Rutter-B Scale for completion by teachers was assessed on a representative sample of 963 school children between the ages of 4-11 yrs. The findings revealed that at the recommended cut-off score of 9, the scale has low sensitivity (51.8%) and very low specificity (34.1%). Concordance between assessment by Rutter-B Scale and clinical assessment to pick up psychiatric disorder was 33.6%. Limitations of the scale as a screening instrument in child psychiatry epidemiology are discussed.

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