Expert Clinician Certainty in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in 16-30-Month-Olds: A Multi-site Trial Secondary Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Differential diagnosis of young children with suspected autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is challenging, and clinician uncertainty about a child's diagnosis may contribute to misdiagnosis and subsequent delays in access to early treatment. The current study was designed to replicate and expand a recent report in this Journal (McDonnell et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 49:1391-1401, https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2020.1823850 , 2019), in which only 60% of diagnoses were made with complete certainty by clinicians evaluating 478 toddlers and preschool children referred for possible ASD to specialized clinics. In this study, secondary analyses were performed on diagnostic, demographic and clinical data for 496 16-30-month-old children who were consecutive referrals to a 6-site clinical trial exec

SUBMITTER: Klaiman C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672659 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature