TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric Properties of Spanish Adaptation of the PDD-MRS Scale in Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disorders
T2 - The EVTEA-DI Scale
AU - Cortés, Maria José
AU - Orejuela, Carmen
AU - Castellví, Gemma
AU - Folch, Annabel
AU - Rovira, Lluís
AU - Salvador-Carulla, Luis
AU - Irazábal, Marcia
AU - Muñoz, Silvia
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Vilella, Elisabet
AU - Martínez-Leal, Rafael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Strategies for the early detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in people with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) are urgently needed, but few specific tools have been developed. The present study examines the psychometric properties of the EVTEA-DI, a Spanish adaptation of the PDD-MRS, in a large randomized sample of 979 adults with IDD. Factorial solution analysis suggested a three-factor solution (stereotyped behavior, communication, and social behavior). The EVTEA-DI showed good reliability and convergent validity when compared to the Childhood Autism Rating Scale. Discriminative validity analysis resulted in an acceptable global sensitivity of 70% and a high specificity of 90%. The EVTEA-DI proved to be a valid screening tool in ASD assessment of the adult Spanish population with IDD.
AB - Strategies for the early detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in people with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) are urgently needed, but few specific tools have been developed. The present study examines the psychometric properties of the EVTEA-DI, a Spanish adaptation of the PDD-MRS, in a large randomized sample of 979 adults with IDD. Factorial solution analysis suggested a three-factor solution (stereotyped behavior, communication, and social behavior). The EVTEA-DI showed good reliability and convergent validity when compared to the Childhood Autism Rating Scale. Discriminative validity analysis resulted in an acceptable global sensitivity of 70% and a high specificity of 90%. The EVTEA-DI proved to be a valid screening tool in ASD assessment of the adult Spanish population with IDD.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Intellectual developmental disorder
KW - Psychometric values
KW - Screening diagnoses
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-017-3416-6
DO - 10.1007/s10803-017-3416-6
M3 - Article
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 48
SP - 1566
EP - 1578
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 5
ER -