Instrument to screen cases of pervasive developmental disorder: a preliminary indication of validity Instrumento para rastreamento dos casos de transtorno invasivo do desenvolvimento: estudo preliminar de validação

Instrument to screen cases of pervasive developmental disorder: a preliminary indication of validity Instrumento para rastreamento dos casos de transtorno invasivo do desenvolvimento: estudo preliminar de validação

OBJECTIVE: To translate into Portuguese, back-translate, culturally adapt and validate a screening instrument for pervasive developmental disorder, the Autism Screening Questionnaire, for use in Brazil. METHOD: A sample of 120 patients was selected based on three groups of 40: patients with a clinic...

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Main Authors: Fábio Pinato Sato, Cristiane Silvestre Paula, Rosane Lowenthal, Eduardo Yoshio Nakano, Décio Brunoni, José Salomão Schwartzman, Marcos Tomanik Mercadante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2009-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Transtornos globais do desenvolvimento
Transtorno autístico
Estudos de validação
Questionários
Diagnóstico clínico
Pervasive development disorders
Autistic disorder
Validation studies
Questionnaires
Diagnosis, clinical
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