Measurement issues in longitudinal studies of mental health problems in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To develop and test an approach for assessing the risk of bias in four measurement-related domains key to the study of mental health problem trajectories in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD): (1) conceptual overlap between mental health problems and NDD diagnostic criteria, (2) over-reliance on a single informant, (3) unwarranted omission of the child's perspective, and (4) the use of instruments not designed for or adapted to the population.

Methods

Building upon a previous systematic review, this study established supplementary criteria for assessing the risk of bias domains. Following this, the criteria were applied to measures used in 49 longitudinal studies of mental health problems in children with NDD.

Results

The general risk of bias acr

SUBMITTER: Ivarsson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11917076 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature