Brief Report: An Evaluation of the Social Communication Questionnaire as a Screening Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young People Referred to Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Hollocks, Matthew, Casson, Roland, White, Clare, Dobson, Jess, Beazley, Peter and Humphrey, Ayla (2019) Brief Report: An Evaluation of the Social Communication Questionnaire as a Screening Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young People Referred to Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (6). pp. 2618-2623. ISSN 0162-3257
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Abstract
The SCQ is a widely used screening measure for the assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, its sensitivity and specificity when used with older children in the context of community Child & Adolescent Mental Health services is unclear. Seventy-seven (Mean age = 12.8 years) young people with suspected ASD were screened using parent- and teacher-reported SCQ’s before completing a comprehensive diagnostic assessment. Of the 77 young people included, 44 (57%) met criteria for an ASD diagnosis. Our results indicated that regardless of informant, SCQ scores did not significantly predict the outcome of the diagnostic assessment. Based on the published cut-off score for the SCQ, Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analyses revealed a lower than expected sensitivity and specificity. This suggests that the SCQ is not an effective screening tool when used in the context of community Child & Adolescent Mental Health services
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2019 07:30 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2021 00:57 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71009 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-019-03982-6 |
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