Validation of the Chinese Version of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chi-Fen Huang,1,2,* Yu-Siou Lin,1 Yen-Nan Chiu,3 Susan Shur-Fen Gau,3 Vincent Chin-Hung Chen,4,5 Chiao-Fan Lin,5,6 Yi-Hsuan Hsieh,5,6 Wen-Sheng Liu,7– 11 Hsiang-Lin Chan,5,6,* Yu-Yu Wu1 1Department of Psychiatry, YuNing Psychiatric Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Department of Psychiatry, Saint Paul’s Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 3Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; 4Department of Psychiatry, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan; 5Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 6Department of Child Psychiatry, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 7Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; 8College of Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 9Institute of Food Safety and Health Risk Assessment, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; 10Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan; 11Department of Special Education, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yu-Yu Wu, Department of Psychiatry, YuNing Psychiatric Clinic, 3F., No. 6, Sec. 2, Fuxing S. Road, Taipei, 10664, Taiwan, Tel +886-2-27080706, Fax +886-2-27080987, Email ruthyuyuwu@gmail.comBackground: The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) is an essential semi-structured diagnostic tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aims to validate the Chinese version of the ADI-R in Taiwan.Methods: The Chinese version of the ADI-R was translated and back-translated by professional translators and was approved by the original authors. A group of child psychiatrists and psychologists corrected medical terminology for the final version. Then, a total of 74 participants with ASD (male, 59, 79.73%) and 33 control participants without ASD (male, 16, 4