Consensus recommendations for usability and acceptability of mobile health autism screening tools.

ABSTRACT: Mobile health (mHealth; online phone or tablet-based) screening tools for autism are being increasingly used by parents, health care, and educational providers. However, it is unclear whether mHealth autism screening will improve the inequalities in autism or further help individuals already advantaged in autism care. To try to improve equity in mHealth autism screening, we conducted a modified Delphi consensus panel process with 14 panelists who were medical providers, parents, tool developers, and educational providers. Panelists participated in three asynchronous online voting rounds followed by online discussions. Panelists were provided a preliminary list of 28 recommendations for autism-screening tools that were compiled from previous qualitative interviews in the larger project. In

SUBMITTER: Tangkilisan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411648 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature