Utility of the Taiwan version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds to detect autism in children aged three years. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Chin-Chin; Chiang, Chung-Hsin; Hou, Yuh-Ming; Chu, Ching-Lin; Liu, Jiun-Horng
• Is Part Of: Journal of intellectual & developmental disability. Volume 44:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 337
• Page End: 345
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Autism -- screening -- sensitivity -- specificity; Learning disabilities -- Periodicals; Developmental disabilities -- Periodicals; Mental retardation -- Periodicals; 362.1968
• DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2017.1413078
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1366-8250

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Background: The Taiwan version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (T-STAT) had been developed for identifying autism disorder (AD) in children aged 24–35 months. Two studies were performed to elucidate its utility for AD in children aged 36–48 months. Method: In Study 1, the receiver operating characteristics were utilised to select a cutoff score for the T-STAT with 34 children with AD and with developmental delay (DD). In study 2, 147 children with AD, DD, and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) were participated for validation. Results: In study 1, the results indicated that a cutoff of 1.25 would yield high sensitivity and specificity. In study 2, the concurrent agreements between T-STAT risk and clinical diagnosis were high for children with AD and DD, but not PDD-NOS. Conclusions: The results showed that T-STAT was a promising Level 2 screening tool for AD in children aged three years.