Clinical utility of the Vanderbilt ADHD diagnostic parent rating scale comorbidity screening scales.

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP
Stephen P BeckerJeffery N Epstein

Abstract

To evaluate the clinical utility of the cutoff recommendations for the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale (VADPRS) comorbidity screening scales provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics/National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality and to examine alternative cutoff strategies for identifying and ruling out disorders commonly comorbid with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A sample of 215 children (142 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), ages 7 to 11 years, participated in the study. Parents completed the VADPRS and were administered a diagnostic interview to establish diagnoses of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), anxiety, and depression. The clinical utility of the VADPRS comorbidity screening scales were examined. The recommended American Academy of Pediatrics/National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality cutoff strategies did not have adequate clinical utility for identifying or ruling out comorbidities, with the exception of the VADPRS ODD cutoff strategy, which reached adequate levels for ruling out a diagnosis of ODD. An alternative cutoff approach using total sum scores was superior to the recommended cutoff strategies across all diagnoses in ...Continue Reading

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Aug 28, 2013·Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53·Stephen P BeckerLinda J Pfiffner
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