Brief Report: Independent Validation of Autism Spectrum Disorder Case Status in the Utah Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network Site

An independent validation was conducted of the Utah Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network’s (UT-ADDM) classification of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). UT-ADDM final case status ( n  = 90) was compared with final case status as determined by independent external expe...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2015-03, Vol.45 (3), p.873-880
Main Authors: Bakian, Amanda V., Bilder, Deborah A., Carbone, Paul S., Hunt, Tyler D., Petersen, Brent, Rice, Catherine E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Brief Report
Child
Child and School Psychology
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - diagnosis
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - epidemiology
Children
Classification
Clinical Diagnosis
Community Relations
Comparative Analysis
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology
Diagnosis
Disability Identification
Disease Control
Expertise
Female
Humans
Interrater Reliability
Male
Mental Disorders
Networks
Neurosciences
Occupational Therapy
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Records (Forms)
Reproducibility of Results
Resistance (Psychology)
Sensitivity and Specificity
Utah
Validity
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Summary:An independent validation was conducted of the Utah Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network’s (UT-ADDM) classification of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). UT-ADDM final case status ( n  = 90) was compared with final case status as determined by independent external expert reviewers (EERs). Inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.84), specificity [0.83 (95 % CI 0.74–0.90)], and sensitivity [0.99 (95 % CI 0.96–1.00)] were high for ASD case versus non-case classification between UT-ADDM and EER. At least one EER disagreed with UT-ADDM on ASD final case status on nine out of 30 records; however, all three EERs disagreed with UT-ADDM for only one record. Findings based on limited data suggest that children with ASD as identified by UT-ADDM are consistently classified as ASD cases by independent autism experts.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-014-2187-6