Tianqi Wang , Zhongbi Peng , Zhaojing Tai , Hongzhu Deng , Mingjing Situ , Lan Zhang , Yi Wang , Hao Zhou
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Development and psychometric properties of the severity assessment scale for pediatric attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Background
While several scales assess functional impairment in pediatric Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there remains a paucity of well-validated measures specifically designed to evaluate impairment severity across multiple functional domains. This study aims to develop a novel scale for evaluating the severity of ADHD in children and to analyses its reliability and validity.
Methods
A preliminary pool of items was created based on a literature review and some expert opinions. Exploratory factor analysis, along with internal consistency, and reliability tests were conducted.
Results
We developed a 7-item severity assessment scale specifically designed for pediatric ADHD, which serves as a brief parents-report measure of ADHD severity by evaluating its functional impacts. The confirmatory sample included 81 parents of children diagnosed with ADHD, aged 6–14 years. Through exploratory factor analysis revealed a one-factor structure, indicating the scale's overall goodness of fit. The scale exhibited strong internal consistency with a Cronbach's α of 0.83. Additionally, it demonstrated significant content validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity.
Conclusion
These findings demonstrated that the 7-item severity assessment scale for pediatric ADHD is a valid and reliable instrument. Future research should employ this scale to accurately measure the severity of ADHD in children.
期刊介绍:
Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research:
(1) clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors;
(2) basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology;
(3) the growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;