Diagnostic value of screening autism children by Chinese edition infant and early children social development screening test / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To screen autism children by Chinese edition infant and early children social development screening test and to evaluate the diagnostic value.Methods:From October 2006 to May 2007,843 normal children from 3 children health care clinics(N=564) and 9 kindergartens(N=331) were selected and assessed with the Chinese Edition Infant and Early Children Social Development Screening Test.The 95% reference range was made.From February to June 2007,in the third affiliation hospital of Sun yet-san university,170 children who were diagnosed as autism and 391 normal children were selected to draw ROC curve to evaluate the checklist's screening ability.Results:(1) The total scores of the scale were increased with the age of subjects(F=643.83,P<0.001).(2) The areas below ROC curve of whole checklist corresponding three age period were 0.969,0.988 and 0.994.The scores of whole checklist were 52.5,54.5 and 63.5,when the screening ability was best. Conclusion:The diagnostic value of the checklist for autism children is so good that it is useful for clinical evaluation on the social cognitive development of young children between 0.5～3.5 years.