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Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
BACKGROUND: The assessment of functional impairment is crucial both for the diagnosis and the therapeutic approach to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether the FAST is a reliable and valid tool to assess functional impairment in adults with Level 1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8243726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34187406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03330-y |
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author | Gisbert-Gustemps, Laura Lugo-Marín, Jorge Ramos, Imanol Setien Martín, Gemma Español Vieta, Eduard Bonnín, C. Mar Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos |
author_facet | Gisbert-Gustemps, Laura Lugo-Marín, Jorge Ramos, Imanol Setien Martín, Gemma Español Vieta, Eduard Bonnín, C. Mar Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos |
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description | BACKGROUND: The assessment of functional impairment is crucial both for the diagnosis and the therapeutic approach to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether the FAST is a reliable and valid tool to assess functional impairment in adults with Level 1 ASD and to study the differences in psychosocial functioning between younger and older adults with ASD. METHODS: A case–control study was carried out in a sample of 150 participants, 71 adults with Level 1 ASD, and 79 adults without psychiatric history records. RESULTS: Results showed good psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability. Cronbach’s alpha for the total scale was .91 and the area under the curve was .98. The study also showed that adults with ASD present different profiles of functional impairment depending on their age: while younger patients present greater impairment in autonomy, older patients show more difficulties in interpersonal relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the use of the FAST in the evaluation of adaptive functioning in adults with Level 1 ASD. |
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spelling | pubmed-82437262021-06-30 Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Gisbert-Gustemps, Laura Lugo-Marín, Jorge Ramos, Imanol Setien Martín, Gemma Español Vieta, Eduard Bonnín, C. Mar Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: The assessment of functional impairment is crucial both for the diagnosis and the therapeutic approach to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether the FAST is a reliable and valid tool to assess functional impairment in adults with Level 1 ASD and to study the differences in psychosocial functioning between younger and older adults with ASD. METHODS: A case–control study was carried out in a sample of 150 participants, 71 adults with Level 1 ASD, and 79 adults without psychiatric history records. RESULTS: Results showed good psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability. Cronbach’s alpha for the total scale was .91 and the area under the curve was .98. The study also showed that adults with ASD present different profiles of functional impairment depending on their age: while younger patients present greater impairment in autonomy, older patients show more difficulties in interpersonal relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the use of the FAST in the evaluation of adaptive functioning in adults with Level 1 ASD. BioMed Central 2021-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8243726/ /pubmed/34187406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03330-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gisbert-Gustemps, Laura Lugo-Marín, Jorge Ramos, Imanol Setien Martín, Gemma Español Vieta, Eduard Bonnín, C. Mar Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title | Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full | Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_fullStr | Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_short | Functioning assessment short test (FAST): validity and reliability in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_sort | functioning assessment short test (fast): validity and reliability in adults with autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8243726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34187406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03330-y |
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