TY - JOUR AU - เลิศหัตถศิลป์, ติรยา AU - ชื่นสุวรรณ, อิสราภา PY - 2019/09/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Use of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders Screening Instrument in Children with Delayed Speech JF - Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand JA - J Psychiatr Assoc Thailand VL - 64 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/218435 SP - 209-216 AB - <p>Objective : To study the diagnostic accuracy of the pervasive developmental disorders<br>screening instrument when applied to the screening of autism spectrum disorder in<br>children presenting with delayed speech.<br>Methods : This was a population-based study in patients aged 2-5 years who came to<br>the hospital with delayed speech. Scores from the pervasive developmental disorders<br>screening instrument, where caregivers of the children responded to the questions<br>prior to the patients seeing the specialist, were compared with the diagnosis rendered<br>by the specialist, who evaluated the patients using standard diagnostic tools for autism<br>spectrum disorder.<br>Results : Seventy out of 84 patients in total (83.3%) were diagnosed with autism<br>spectrum disorder. It was found that, at the cut-off score of 2 or greater, the screening<br>form yielded a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 71.4% While the cut-off score at 4,<br>the screening provided the sensitivity of 47.1% and the specificity of 100%.<br>Conclusion: In patients presenting with delayed speech. The cut-off score at 2 is<br>suggested when using the test for screening ASD. However, the cut-off score at 4 is<br>suggested when using the test to increase the accuracy of the diagnosis of ASD.</p> ER -