Psychometric properties of questionnaires and diagnostic measures for autism spectrum disorders in adults: A systematic review

Autism

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 287-305

  Wigham, Sarah ^a   Rodgers, Jacqui ^a   Berney, Tom ^a   Le Couteur, Ann ^a,b   Ingham, Barry ^a,b   Parr, Jeremy R ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; diagnosis; review; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT ASPERGER ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASPERGER SYNDROME DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTISM ASPERGER DIAGNOSTIC SCALE REVISED; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AUTISM CHECKLIST; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; AUTISM MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT FOR ASD REVISED; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DSM-5; DSM-IV; HUMAN; ICD-10; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER IN MENTAL RETARDATION SCALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RITVO AUTISM ASPERGER DIAGNOSTIC SCALE REVISED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE 2; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85042103672     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361317748245     Document Type: Review

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