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Parent-Reported Assessment Scores Reflect the ASD Severity Level in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children

We investigated the relationship between parent-reported assessments and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) severity level. Parents evaluated 9573 children with ASD on five subscales—combinatorial receptive language, expressive language, sociability, sensory awareness, and health—using the Autism Treatm...

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Autores principales: Jagadeesan, Priyanka, Kabbani, Adam, Vyshedskiy, Andrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9139745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626878
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050701
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description We investigated the relationship between parent-reported assessments and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) severity level. Parents evaluated 9573 children with ASD on five subscales—combinatorial receptive language, expressive language, sociability, sensory awareness, and health—using the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) and Mental Synthesis Evaluation Checklist (MSEC). The scores in every subscale improved with age, and there were clear differences between the three diagnostic categories. The differences between mild and moderate ASD, and moderate and severe ASD reached statistical significance in each subscale and in every age group in children 3 years of age and older. These findings demonstrate a consistent relationship between children’s diagnoses and their assessments and provide evidence in support of the reliability of parent-report evaluations for ASD. Additionally, this is the first investigation of the relationship between ASD severity level and the ATEC/MSEC scores for the age range from 2 to 7 years.
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spelling pubmed-91397452022-05-28 Parent-Reported Assessment Scores Reflect the ASD Severity Level in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children Jagadeesan, Priyanka Kabbani, Adam Vyshedskiy, Andrey Children (Basel) Article We investigated the relationship between parent-reported assessments and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) severity level. Parents evaluated 9573 children with ASD on five subscales—combinatorial receptive language, expressive language, sociability, sensory awareness, and health—using the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) and Mental Synthesis Evaluation Checklist (MSEC). The scores in every subscale improved with age, and there were clear differences between the three diagnostic categories. The differences between mild and moderate ASD, and moderate and severe ASD reached statistical significance in each subscale and in every age group in children 3 years of age and older. These findings demonstrate a consistent relationship between children’s diagnoses and their assessments and provide evidence in support of the reliability of parent-report evaluations for ASD. Additionally, this is the first investigation of the relationship between ASD severity level and the ATEC/MSEC scores for the age range from 2 to 7 years. MDPI 2022-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9139745/ /pubmed/35626878 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050701 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Parent-Reported Assessment Scores Reflect the ASD Severity Level in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9139745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626878
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050701
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