Retrospective parental assessment of childhood neurodevelopmental problems: the use of the Five to Fifteen questionnaire in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism are increasingly recognised in adults. For a diagnostic evaluation, parental information on childhood development is needed. However, no instruments that retrospectively describe neurodevelopmental problems in childhood are validated for evaluating adults. The 181-item parent-report questionnaire Five to Fifteen (FTF) is nevertheless frequently used for assessments in adulthood.

Aims

To examine if FTF is reliable for obtaining retrospective neurodevelopmental history among young adults.

Method

Details of parents who had assessed their children with the FTF for neuropsychiatric evaluation were retrieved and they were asked to complete the FTF again 10-19 years later. Agreements between original and retrospe

SUBMITTER: Lugnegard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537455 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature