OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical validities and efficiencies of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ARS) in identifying children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Korean community-based samples. METHOD: A large sample of elementary school students (n = 1668) participated in this study. We used the CBCL and the ARS as the screening instruments. Diagnoses were determined by clinical psychiatric interviews and confirmed by DSM-IV-based structured interviews. RESULTS: Of the 46 subjects who underwent clinical psychiatric interviews, 33 were diagnosed as having ADHD. A T score of 60 with regard to the Attention Problems profile of the CBCL resulted in a reasonable level of sensitivity or positive predictive value in the diagnosis of ADHD. In both the parent and teacher reports of the ARS, 90th percentile cut-off points resulted in a high level of predictive value. The highest levels of specificity and positive predictive value were obtained when we combined the CBCL (T > or = 60 in Attention Problems) and the ARS (parent-teacher total > or = 90th percentile) reports. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the combined use of the CBCL and the ARS could serve as a rapid and useful clinical method of predicting or even diagnosing children with ADHD in epidemiologic case definitions.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical validities and efficiencies of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ARS) in identifying children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Korean community-based samples. METHOD: A large sample of elementary school students (n = 1668) participated in this study. We used the CBCL and the ARS as the screening instruments. Diagnoses were determined by clinical psychiatric interviews and confirmed by DSM-IV-based structured interviews. RESULTS: Of the 46 subjects who underwent clinical psychiatric interviews, 33 were diagnosed as having ADHD. A T score of 60 with regard to the Attention Problems profile of the CBCL resulted in a reasonable level of sensitivity or positive predictive value in the diagnosis of ADHD. In both the parent and teacher reports of the ARS, 90th percentile cut-off points resulted in a high level of predictive value. The highest levels of specificity and positive predictive value were obtained when we combined the CBCL (T > or = 60 in Attention Problems) and the ARS (parent-teacher total > or = 90th percentile) reports. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the combined use of the CBCL and the ARS could serve as a rapid and useful clinical method of predicting or even diagnosing children with ADHD in epidemiologic case definitions.
Authors: Cindy Pham; Regan Vryer; Martin O'Hely; Toby Mansell; David Burgner; Fiona Collier; Christos Symeonides; Mimi L K Tang; Peter Vuillermin; Lawrence Gray; Richard Saffery; Anne-Louise Ponsonby Journal: Int J Mol Sci Date: 2022-04-21 Impact factor: 6.208
Authors: Jonathan L Hess; Nicholas H Nguyen; Jesse Suben; Ryan M Meath; Avery B Albert; Sarah Van Orman; Kristin M Anders; Patricia J Forken; Cheryl A Roe; Thomas G Schulze; Stephen V Faraone; Stephen J Glatt Journal: Transl Psychiatry Date: 2020-09-23 Impact factor: 6.222