ReviewBrain sciences2020
Systematic Review of Level 1 and Level 2 Screening Tools for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sensitivity and Specificity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Original and Revised): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Satisfaction and experience with colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review of validated patient reported outcome measures.BMC medical research methodology · 2021Pooled it
- The Value of Brain Imaging and Electrophysiological Testing for Early Screening of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Sensitivity and Specificity of Developmental Surveillance and Autism Screening in an Australian Multicultural Cohort: The Watch Me Grow Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Comparative cross-sectional analysis of the Griffiths III and the Developmental Autism Early Screening (DAES) test in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Autism Screening Using Parent's Observations of Social Interactions (POSI) in High-Risk Infants.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Investigating the Predictive Validity of the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 in Children at Elevated Likelihood for Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Manual and automated assessments of general movements in neonates are associated with early autism risk at 18 months.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Adaptive Behavior and Bullying Experiences in Spanish-Speaking Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of an Arabic Modified Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2 Standard Form.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Acceptability and Feasibility of the Social Attention and Communication Surveillance-Revised (SACS-R) Tool for Early Identification of Autism in Preterm Infants: The Identify and Act Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predicting autism from written narratives using deep neural networks.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Use of Griffiths III in the Appraisal of the Developmental Profile in Autism: A Systematic Search and Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Accuracy of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers and Young Children in the primary care setting.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Implementation of M-Chat for Screening of Early Signs of Autism in the Brazilian Health Care System: A Feasibility Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Clinical utility and psychometric properties of tools for early detection of developmental concerns and disability in young children: A scoping review.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Article
- Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers: A Comparison Study Between the Clinical and Community Population.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Early Language, Social Communication, and Autism Characteristics of Young Toddlers at Elevated Likelihood for Autism Identified by the First Years Inventory-Lite.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Article
- The Developmental Autism Early Screening (DAES): A Novel Test for Screening Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
The present study provides a systematic review of level 1 and level 2 screening tools for the early detection of autism under 24 months of age and an evaluation of the psychometric and measurement properties of their studies. Methods: Seven databases (e.g., Scopus, EBSCOhost Research Database) were screened and experts in the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) field were questioned; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and Consensus-based Standard for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist were applied. Results: the study included 52 papers and 16 measures; most of them were questionnaires, and the Modified-CHecklist for Autism in Toddler (M-CHAT) was the most extensively tested. The measures' strengths (analytical evaluation of methodological quality according to COSMIN) and limitations (in term of Negative Predictive Value, Positive Predictive Value, sensitivity, and specificity) were described; the quality of the studies, assessed with the application of the COSMIN checklist, highlighted the necessity of further validation studies for all the measures. According to COSMIN results, the M-CHAT, First Years Inventory (FYI), and Quantitative-CHecklist for Autism in Toddler (Q-CHAT) seem to be promising measures that may be applied systematically by health professionals in the future.
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