Psychometric properties of a screening tool for autism in the community-The Indian Autism Screening Questionnaire (IASQ).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Currently available screening questionnaires for Autism spectrum disorders were tested in developed countries, but many require additional training and many are unsuitable for older individuals, thus reducing their utility in lower/ middle- income countries. We aimed to derive a simplified questionnaire that could be used to screen persons in India.

Methods

We have previously validated Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism (ISAA), that is now mandated for disability assessment by the Government of India. This detailed tool requires intensive training and it is time consuming. It was used to derive a new screening questionnaire: 1) items most frequently scored as positive by participants with autism in original ISAA validation study were modified for binary scori

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062015 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature