Utility of the Wender-Utah Rating Scale and the checklists for the diagnosis of familial attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults. Convergent and concurrent validities

作者：Pineda David A^*; Trujillo Orrego Natalia; Aguirre Acevedo Daniel C; Arango Clara P; Hincapie Henao Liliana; Montoya Arenas David A; Lopera Francisco; Pineda Alvarez Daniel E; Arcos Burgos Mauricio; Muenke Maxiliam

来源：Revista de Neurologia, 2010, 50(4): 207-216.

• ADHD
• Checklist
• Hyperactivity
• Inattention
• Rating scales
• Validity
• Wender-Utah

Introduction. Standard questionnaires to characterize familial attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) of adults have been studied in some studies.
Aim. To observe convergent and concurrent validity of four standard rating scales to quantify the familial AND symptoms of adults.
Patients and methods. The sample was constituted by the 392 adults; aged 18 through 84 years, belonging to 141 Antioquian families with multiple AND affected members, who fulfilled by self-report the Wender-Utah Rating Scale and the AND checklist; and, beside, answered a questionnaire asking for current and past AND symptoms, in a neurological interview. Correlation analyses were done. Sensitivity and specificity for AND diagnosis were also determined.
Results. Significant and over 0.6 correlations were observed between scales that explored past AND symptoms. Distant cut-off points for 90% sensitivity and specificity were observed for all questionnaires. The best LR+ (12.15) was found for the report of 5 or more past hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms; follow by the report of 7 or more past AND symptoms (6.92).
Conclusions. Cut-off points should be taken with caution when these rating scales were used for adult AND screening. Psychometric properties do not allow using these scales as substitution of structured clinical interview for the gold standard AND diagnosis in adults.

• 出版日期2010-2-16