Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45
Our associated paper presented a psychometric evaluation of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) and its abbreviated version, the WURS-25. Instead of actual factors scores, we employed “item averages” calculated by the average score of each item comprising that factor. We did not present a factor ana...
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| description | Our associated paper presented a psychometric evaluation of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) and its abbreviated version, the WURS-25. Instead of actual factors scores, we employed “item averages” calculated by the average score of each item comprising that factor. We did not present a factor analysis of the WURS-25. Herein we identify items of the full WURS that are redundant or not part of any of the scale's five factors. Removing these items produced a shortened version, the WURS-45.We performed a logistic regression using actual factor loadings as well as factors based on item averages, and compared major depressive disorder (MDD) to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in the same analysis. We performed exploratory factor analysis with the WURS-45 items. We then performed logistic regressions and Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analyses with the WURS-45 and WURS-25 factors.No increase in specificity or sensitivity arose when actual factors scores were used as opposed to factor scores from item averages. MDD and GAD ROC curves were very similar, supporting combining MDD with GAD patients into a single group. WURS-45 factors paralleled those derived from the full WURS. ROC curves, logistic regression and confusion tables showed the WURS-45 preserved the excellent diagnostic separation produced by the full WURS. Similar analyses showed WURS-25 scoring using its three factors improved its diagnostic utility.The WURS-45 has reduced redundancy with minimal loss in discriminatory power. Analysis of the WURS-25 using factor scores boosts its performance. Both versions of the scale provide clinical information describing childhood ADHD and are useful in separating adult patients with ADHD from those with MDD or GAD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca042a6fb08d41eeae8641f16c6e926f2022-12-21T21:48:01ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092021-08-0137107232Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45Frederick W. Reimherr0Barrie K. Marchant1Thomas E. Gift2Tammy A. Steans3Matthew L. Reimherr4Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAPsychiatric and Behavioral Solutions LLC, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Corresponding author.Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USAPsychiatric and Behavioral Solutions LLC, 1522 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT, USADepartment of Statistics, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, PA, USAOur associated paper presented a psychometric evaluation of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) and its abbreviated version, the WURS-25. Instead of actual factors scores, we employed “item averages” calculated by the average score of each item comprising that factor. We did not present a factor analysis of the WURS-25. Herein we identify items of the full WURS that are redundant or not part of any of the scale's five factors. Removing these items produced a shortened version, the WURS-45.We performed a logistic regression using actual factor loadings as well as factors based on item averages, and compared major depressive disorder (MDD) to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in the same analysis. We performed exploratory factor analysis with the WURS-45 items. We then performed logistic regressions and Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analyses with the WURS-45 and WURS-25 factors.No increase in specificity or sensitivity arose when actual factors scores were used as opposed to factor scores from item averages. MDD and GAD ROC curves were very similar, supporting combining MDD with GAD patients into a single group. WURS-45 factors paralleled those derived from the full WURS. ROC curves, logistic regression and confusion tables showed the WURS-45 preserved the excellent diagnostic separation produced by the full WURS. Similar analyses showed WURS-25 scoring using its three factors improved its diagnostic utility.The WURS-45 has reduced redundancy with minimal loss in discriminatory power. Analysis of the WURS-25 using factor scores boosts its performance. Both versions of the scale provide clinical information describing childhood ADHD and are useful in separating adult patients with ADHD from those with MDD or GAD.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921005163ADHDWender Utah Rating ScaleDepressionAnxiety |
| spellingShingle | Frederick W. Reimherr Barrie K. Marchant Thomas E. Gift Tammy A. Steans Matthew L. Reimherr Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 Data in Brief ADHD Wender Utah Rating Scale Depression Anxiety |
| title | Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 |
| title_full | Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 |
| title_short | Psychometric data and versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale including the WURS-25 & WURS-45 |
| title_sort | psychometric data and versions of the wender utah rating scale including the wurs 25 amp wurs 45 |
| topic | ADHD Wender Utah Rating Scale Depression Anxiety |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921005163 |
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