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The child behavior checklist together with the ADHD rating scale can diagnose ADHD in Korean community-based samples.
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Canadian Journal of Psychiatry . Oct2005, Vol. 50 Issue 11, p802-805. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical validities and efficiencies of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ARS) in identifying children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Korean community-based samples.<bold>Method: </bold>A large sample of elementary school students (n = 1668) participated in this study. We used the CBCL and the ARS as the screening instruments. Diagnoses were determined by clinical psychiatric interviews and confirmed by DSM-IV-based structured interviews.<bold>Results: </bold>Of the 46 subjects who underwent clinical psychiatric interviews, 33 were diagnosed as having ADHD. A T score of 60 with regard to the Attention Problems profile of the CBCL resulted in a reasonable level of sensitivity or positive predictive value in the diagnosis of ADHD. In both the parent and teacher reports of the ARS, 90th percentile cut-off points resulted in a high level of predictive value. The highest levels of specificity and positive predictive value were obtained when we combined the CBCL (T > or = 60 in Attention Problems) and the ARS (parent-teacher total > or = 90th percentile) reports.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These findings suggest that the combined use of the CBCL and the ARS could serve as a rapid and useful clinical method of predicting or even diagnosing children with ADHD in epidemiologic case definitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07067437
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121398965
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674370505001210