Evidence-based assessment of ADHD diagnosis in children and adolescents. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Xuechun; Reynolds, Cecil R.; Zhu, Jianjun; Kamphaus, Randy W.; Zhang, Ou
• Is Part Of: Applied neuropsychology. Volume 7:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 150
• Page End: 156
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: ADHD -- BASC-3 -- clinical diagnosis -- evidence-based assessment -- incremental utility; Pediatric neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Brain -- Physiology -- Periodicals; Brain -- Imaging -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 618.928
• DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2017.1284661
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2162-2965

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study illustrates the accuracy and efficiency of using an evidence-based assessment (EBA) strategy for diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by integrating the scale scores obtained on BASC-3 teacher and parent rating scales. The examined process used empirical diagnostic likelihood ratios (DLRs) derived from a sample of children with ADHD ( N = 339) matched on demographic characteristics from the normative sample. The results show that behavioral scales of executive functioning and functional communication provided incremental utility in ADHD diagnosis. With a revised probability of .80 or higher as the diagnostic criterion, teachers, and parents positively diagnosed 70% and 94% of the ADHD cases respectively. The EBA approach was efficient, with four scales on average used to reach the proposed posterior probability for final diagnosis. Finally, teachers and parents demonstrated a high agreement with respect to the diagnosis results and scales used for the diagnosis.