Clinical Utility of the Parent-Report Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Latvian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice

Conclusions: We suggest the SDQ be used in primary healthcare settings, where it can be an essential tool to help family physicians recognise children needing further specialised psychiatric evaluation. There is a need to assess the psychometric properties and validate the SDQ in a larger populational sample in Latvia, determine the population-specific cut-off scores, and reassess the performance of the scale in primary healthcare practice.PMID:36363556 | DOI:10.3390/medicina58111599

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - November 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ņikita Bezborodovs Arta Ko čāne Elm ārs Rancāns Anita Villeru ša Source Type: research