| Ages & Stages - Social and Emotional, Second Edition[1] | Conners - 3[2] | Moods and Feelings Questionnaire[3,4] | Pediatric Symptom Checklist - 17[5,6] | Pediatric Symptom Checklist - 35[6-8] | Pediatric Symptom Checklist - Youth Report[6,9] | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire[10] |
Considerations related to patient population |
Ages | | - Caregiver and teacher questionnaires – 6 to 18 years
- Self-report – 8 to 18 years
| | | - 3 to 5 years (with some questions removed)
- 6 to 18 years
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Domains | - Self-regulation
- Compliance
- Communication
- Adaptive functioning
- Autonomy
- Affect
- Interactions with people
| - Inattention
- Hyperactivity/impulsivity
- Learning problems
- Executive functioning
- Defiance/aggression
- Peer/family relations
- DSM-5 symptoms scales:
- ADHD inattentive
- ADHD hyperactive-impulsive
- Conduct disorder
- Oppositional defiant disorder
| | - Emotional and behavioral problems
| - Emotional and behavioral problems
| - Emotional and behavioral problems
| - Emotional symptoms
- Conduct problems
- Hyperactivity/inattention
- Peer relationship problems
- Prosocial behavior
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Time to complete | | | | | | | |
Reading level | | - Caregiver and teacher – Fourth to fifth grade
- Self-report – Third grade
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Available languages | - English
- Spanish
- French
- Arabic
| | - Arabic (Modern Standard)
- Arabic (Iraq)
- Filipino
- Finnish
- German
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
| - Chinese
- English
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
- Norwegian
| | - English
- Spanish
- Haitian-Creole
- Setswana
- French
- Portuguese (Brazilian American)
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Additional information | - Can be used with ASQ3 for comprehensive developmental-behavioral screening
| – | - Also available as adult self-report
| – | - Pictorial version with subtitles available in English, Spanish, and Filipino
| - 17 question youth self-report in English and Spanish available, but has not been validated
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Considerations related to practice characteristics |
Description | - Approximately 30 questions (varies with age)
| - Full length – 99 to 115 items
- Short form – 41 to 45 items
- ADHD index – 10 items
| - Descriptive phrases with 3-point Likert scale
- Long form – 33 to 34 phrases
- Short form – 13 phrases
- Includes child self-report (long and short form) and caregiver report (long and short form)
| | | | - 25 questions completed by parent, teacher, or self-report in 11- to 16-year olds
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Determination of positive/negative result | - 3 results:
- No or low risk – Development appears appropriate
- "Monitor" zone – Review concerns and monitor
- "Cutoff" – Above the cutoff means referral recommended
| | - Suggested long form cutoffs:
- Child – ≥29
- Caregiver – ≥27
- Suggested short form cutoffs:
- Child – ≥12
- Caregiver – ≥11
| - Total score of 15 or higher – Significant behavioral or emotional problems
- Internalizing subscale – Cutoff 5 or more items
- Attention subscale – Cutoff 7 or more items
- Externalizing subscale – Cutoff 7 or more items
| - For children ages 6 to 18 years, cutoff score is 28.
- For children ages 3 to 5 years, the scores on elementary school related items 5, 6, 17, and 18 are ignored and a total score based on the 31 remaining items is computed. The cutoff score for younger children is 24.
| - Cutoff score of 30 recommended
| - Classification system:
- Close to average
- Slightly raised
- High
- Very high
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Validity and test performance | - Concurrent validity – 84%
- Test-retest reliability – 89%
- Sensitivity – 81% overall
- Specificity – 83% overall
| - Sensitivity and specificity vary based on predictor scale and target group (ADHD inattentive, combined, hyperactive-impulsive, learning disorder, disruptive behavior disorder)[2]
- Sensitivity range – 55 to 96%
- Specificity range – 22 to 91%
| - Child self-report:
- Sensitivity – 68%
- Specificity – 88%
- Caregiver report:
- Sensitivity – 75 to 86%
- Specificity – 73 to 87%
| - Total PSC-17 scale:
- Sensitivity – 82%
- Specificity – 81%
| - Cutoff score of 28:
- Sensitivity – 95%
- Specificity – 68%
| - Cutoff score of 30:
- Sensitivity – 94%
- Specificity – 88%
| - Sensitivity – 63 to 94%
- Specificity – 88 to 98%
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Who can deliver | - Professionals
- Paraprofessionals
- Clerical staff
| - Anyone can deliver
- Health care provider interprets results
| | - Anyone can deliver
- Health care provider interprets results
| - Anyone can deliver
- Health care provider interprets results
| - Self-administered
- Health care provider interprets results
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Time to score and interpret | | - 20 minutes (administration and scoring time)
| - 3 to 5 minutes (short)
- 5 to 10 minutes (long)
| | | | - 10 minutes (total administration and scoring)
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Cost to purchase¶ | - Starter kit in one language – $295
| - Online Software Kits with DSM-5 Update start at $899
- Manual Scoring Kits with DSM-5 Update start at $599
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Ease of integration into EMR | - Online management and questionnaire completion options
| - Online software available
| | - Online software available
| - Online software available
| - Online software available
| - Online scoring and report generation available
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