ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2021
How well are DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ASD represented in standardized diagnostic instruments?
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- The Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory: Use in diagnostic evaluations of toddlers.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2021Article
- The Impact of Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Autism Spectrum Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- DSM-5 symptom expression in toddlers.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2021Article
- Do Parental Interviews for ASD Converge with Clinical Diagnoses? An Empirical Comparison of the 3di and the DISCO in Children with ASD, a Clinically-Referred Group, and Typically Developing Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
Five years after the publication of DSM-5 in 2013, three widely used diagnostic instruments have published algorithms designed to represent its (sub-)criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents. This study aimed to: (1) establish the content validity of these three DSM-5-adapted algorithms, and (2) identify problems with the operationalization of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in measurable and observable behaviors. Algorithm items of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Second Edition (ADOS-2), Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview (3di) and Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders-11th edition (DISCO-11) were mapped onto DSM-5 sub-criteria. The development and decision-making rules integrated in their algorithms were then compared with DSM-5. Results demonstrated significant variability in the number and nature of sub-criteria covered by the ADOS-2, 3di and DISCO-11. In addition to differences in the development of algorithms and cut-off scores, instruments also differed in the extent to which they follow DSM-5 decision-making rules for diagnostic classification. We conclude that such differences in interpretation of DSM-5 criteria provide a challenge for symptom operationalization which will be most effectively overcome by consensus, testing and reformulation.
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