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The Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI): 2. Usefulness in Screening for Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry . Apr 2009 50(4):424-431. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Background: This study examines the use of the Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) to screen for childhood psychiatric disorder based on Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (DISC-IV) classifications of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), separation anxiety (SAD), generalized anxiety (GAD) and major depression (MDD). Methods: Data for analysis come from a sample of 399 children and adolescents aged 5-17 years old referred to child mental health outpatient services in three Ontario cities. Mothers were administered the BCFPI on three occasions: baseline, 2 and 13 months; and the DISC-IV on two occasions: 1 and 12 months. Results: Based on kappa, test-retest reliability for disorders classified by the BCFPI exceeded 0.50 for all conditions except MDD (0.45). In receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, area-under-the-curve (AUC) estimates for BCFPI scale score associations with DISC-IV classifications of disorder exceeded 0.80 for CD, ODD, ADHD and SAD; and were lower for GAD (0.76) and MDD (0.75). In stratified analyses, there were no statistically significant differences in AUC estimates for boys versus girls and 5 to 11 versus 12 to 17-year-olds. Conclusions: Classifications of childhood disorder derived from the BCFPI provided a reasonable approximation to disorders classified by the DISC-IV administered by lay interviewers.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9630
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ833747
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01971.x