Systematic review of clinical guidance documents for autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment in select regions.

ABSTRACT: Clinical guidance documents play an important role in ensuring access to high-quality autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment practices. The objective was to perform a systematic review of professional association and government clinical guidance documents for autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment, analyzing their quality and content. The government search was limited to English-speaking, single-payer, publicly funded health systems. A quality appraisal was conducted by two appraisers using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation, second edition tool. A content analysis was conducted for recommended clinical personnel and psychometric tools. The 11 documents demonstrated higher quality in Scope and Purpose (mean: 90.1, standard deviation: 7.4) and Clarity of Pre

SUBMITTER: Penner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039866 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature