Screening Accuracy of the Parent-Completed Ages and Stages Questionnaires--Second Edition as a Broadband Screener for Motor Problems in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Vanvuchelen, Marleen; Van Schuerbeeck, Lise; Braeken, Marijke A. K. A.
Titel	Screening Accuracy of the Parent-Completed Ages and Stages Questionnaires--Second Edition as a Broadband Screener for Motor Problems in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 21 (2017) 1, S.29-36 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315621703
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Screening Tests; At Risk Persons; Psychomotor Skills; Questionnaires; Preschool Children; Motor Development; Comparative Analysis; Scores; Accuracy; Disability Identification; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Parent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Belgium; Peabody Developmental Motor Scales; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Screening-Verfahren; Risikogruppe; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Fragebogen; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Motorische Entwicklung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Elternverhalten; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	Children with autism spectrum disorders are at risk for motor problems. However, this area is often overlooked in the developmental evaluation in autism diagnostic clinics. An alternative can be to identify children who should receive intensive motor assessment by using a parent-based screener. The aim of this study was to examine whether the Ages and Stages Questionnaires--second edition may be used to identify gross and fine motor problems in children. High-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 43, 22-54 m) participated in this study. Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve were calculated by comparing the Ages and Stages Questionnaires-second edition scores to the developmental evaluation of the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-second edition. The results revealed that both the Ages and Stages Questionnaires-second edition gross and fine motor domain may be used to identify children without motor problems. In contrast, sensitivity analyses revealed the likelihood of under screening motor problems in this population. The Ages and Stages Questionnaires-second edition met only the criteria of a fair to good accuracy to identify poor gross motor (sensitivity = 100%) and below-average fine motor development (sensitivity = 71%) in this sample. Hence, the capacity of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires-second edition to identify motor problems in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder appears to be limited. It is recommended to include a formal standardized motor test in the diagnostic procedure for all children with autism spectrum disorder. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01