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Systematic Review of the Measurement Properties of Tools Used to Measure Behaviour Problems in Young Children with Autism.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Social Adjustment of Adolescent Cancer Survivors: A Concept Analysis.Child health nursing research · 2019Article
- Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Pre-school Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist 1½-5.The Kobe journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Parental Perspectives on Psychiatric Comorbidity in Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorders Receiving Publicly Funded Mental Health Services.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Gestational vitamin D deficiency and autism-related traits: the Generation R Study.Molecular psychiatry · 2018Article
- Reliability and Validity of a New Comprehensive Tool for Assessing Challenging Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Psychiatry investigation · 2018Article
- Bioenergetic variation is related to autism symptomatology.Metabolic brain disease · 2017Article
- The relationship between screen time, nighttime sleep duration, and behavioural problems in preschool children in China.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Article
- Updated report on tools to measure outcomes of clinical trials in fragile X syndrome.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundBehaviour problems are common in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are many different tools used to measure behavior problems but little is known about their validity for the population.
objectivesTo evaluate the measurement properties of behaviour problems tools used in evaluation of intervention or observational research studies with children with ASD up to the age of six years.
methodsBehaviour measurement tools were identified as part of a larger, two stage, systematic review. First, sixteen major electronic databases, as well as grey literature and research registers were searched, and tools used listed and categorized. Second, using methodological filters, we searched for articles examining the measurement properties of the tools in use with young children with ASD in ERIC, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. The quality of these papers was then evaluated using the COSMIN checklist.
resultsWe identified twelve tools which had been used to measure behaviour problems in young children with ASD, and fifteen studies which investigated the measurement properties of six of these tools. There was no evidence available for the remaining six tools. Two questionnaires were found to be the most robust in their measurement properties, the Child Behavior Checklist and the Home Situations Questionnaire-Pervasive Developmental Disorders version.
conclusionsWe found patchy evidence on reliability and validity, for only a few of the tools used to measure behaviour problems in young children with ASD. More systematic research is required on measurement properties of tools for use in this population, in particular to establish responsiveness to change which is essential in measurement of outcomes of intervention. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42012002223.
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