Clinical validation of the parent-report Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (TOCS): A pediatric open-source rating scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need to develop a multipurpose obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) measure that is useful for cross disorder research and as a reliable clinical rating scale. The current study examined the psychometric properties and established clinical cutoffs for the parent-report version of the Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (TOCS), a 21-item rating scale of obsessive-compulsive traits.

Method

Participants ranged in age from 6 to 21 years old and had a primary diagnosis of OCD (n = 350, 50% female), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n = 820, 25% female), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 794, 22% female), or were typically developing controls (n = 391, 51% female). Confirmatory factor analyses, internal consistency r

SUBMITTER: Lambe LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242913 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature