Diagnostic accuracy of Rating Scales for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chang, Ling Yin ^a   Wang, Mei Yeh ^b   Tsai, Pei Shan ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONNERS ABBREVIATED SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; CONNERS PARENT RATING SCALE; CONNERS RATING SCALE; CONNERS TEACHER RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84960194306     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-2749     Document Type: Article

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