Trial reportBMC public health2009
Comparing three short questionnaires to detect psychosocial dysfunction among primary school children: a randomized method.
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- Triage in preventive child healthcare: a prospective cohort study of care use and referral rates for children at risk.BMJ open · 2017Observational
- How reliable and valid is the teacher version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in primary school children?PloS one · 2017Article
- Comparing three short questionnaires to detect psychosocial problems among 3 to 4-year olds.BMC pediatrics · 2015Article
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- The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): the factor structure and scale validation in U.S. adolescents.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundGood questionnaires are essential to support the early identification of children with psychosocial dysfunction in community based settings. Our aim was to assess which of three short questionnaires was most suitable for this identification among school-aged children
methodsA community-based sample of 2,066 parents of children aged 7-12 years (85% of those eligible) filled out the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and - randomly determined - one of three questionnaires to be compared: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire with Impact Supplement (SDQ), the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and the PSYBOBA, a Dutch-origin questionnaire. Preventive Child Healthcare professionals assessed children's psychosocial functioning during routine health examinations. We assessed the scale structure (by means of Structural Equation Modelling), validity (correlation coefficients, sensitivity and specificity) and usability (ratings by parents and professionals) of each questionnaire and the degree to which they could improve the identification based only on clinical assessment (logistic regression).
resultsFor the three questionnaires, Cronbach's alphas varied between 0.80 and 0.89. Sensitivities for a clinical CBCL at a cut off point with specificity = 0.90 varied between 0.78 and 0.86 for the three questionnaires. Areas under the Receiver Operating Curve, using the CBCL as criterion, varied between 0.93 and 0.96. No differences were statistically significant. All three questionnaires added information to the clinical assessment. Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for added information were PSC: 29.3 (14.4-59.8), SDQ: 55.0 (23.1-131.2) and PSYBOBA: 68.5 (28.3-165.6). Parents preferred the SDQ and PSYBOBA. Preventive Child Health Care professionals preferred the SDQ.
conclusionsThis randomized comparison of three questionnaires shows that each of the three questionnaires can improve the detection of psychosocial dysfunction among children substantially.
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