Identifying Autism with a Brief and Low-Cost Screening Instrument-OERA: Construct Validity, Invariance Testing, and Agreement Between Judges

Autor(es)

Paula, Cristiane S. ^{[1, 2]} ; Cunha, Graccielle Rodrigues ^[1] ; Bordini, Daniela ^[1] ; Brunoni, Decio ^{[2, 3]} ; Moya, Ana Claudia ^[1] ; Bosa, Cleonice Alves ^[4] ; Mari, Jair J. ^[1] ; Cogo-Moreira, Hugo ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Psychiat, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Prebiteriana Mackenzie, Dev Disorders Program, Rua Consolacao 930, Edificio 28, BR-01302907 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Fed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Genet, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Psychol, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; v. 48, n. 5, p. 1780-1791, MAY 2018.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Simple and low-cost observational-tools to detect symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are still necessary. The OERA is a new assessment tool to screen children eliciting observable behaviors with no substantial knowledge on ASD required. The sample was 99 children aged 3-10: 76 with ASD and 23 without ASD (11/23 had intellectual disability). The 13 remained items exhibited high interrater agreement and high reliability loaded onto a single latent trait. Such model showed excellent fit indices evaluated via confirmatory factor analysis and no item showed differential function in terms of age/sex/IQ. A cutoff of five points or higher resulted in the highest sensitivity (92.75) and specificity (90.91) percentages. OERA is a brief, stable, low-cost standardized observational-screening to identify ASD children. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/51584-0 - Estudo multicêntrico: treino parental com vídeo-modelação para a aquisição de habilidades sociais em crianças com autismo
• Beneficiário: Jair de Jesus Mari
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular