The validity of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire (CAIDS-Q) with children aged 6-7 years, 11 months: a brief report

Psychiatry Res. 2013 Dec 15;210(2):675-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.014. Epub 2013 Jul 10.

Abstract

We examined the performance of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire with 103 young children aged 6-7 years, 11 months referred to mental health services. Sensitivity and specificity were both over 80% and convergent validity with IQ scores was found, suggesting it could be useful for screening with this age group.

Keywords: CAIDS-Q; Diagnosis; Intellectual disablity; Mental health; Screening.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Development
  • Child
  • Child Development
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / standards*
  • Mental Health
  • Psychometrics / standards*
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*