The Utility of the Screening Tool for Autism in 2-Year-Olds in Detecting Autism in Taiwanese Toddlers Who are Less than 24 Months of Age: A Longitudinal Study.

The Utility of the Screening Tool for Autism in 2-Year-Olds in Detecting Autism in Taiwanese Toddlers Who are Less than 24 Months of Age: A Longitudinal Study.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Jan 22;:
Authors: Wu CC, Chu CL, Stewart L, Chiang CH, Hou YM, Liu JH
Abstract
The present longitudinal study examined the utility of the screening tool for autism in 2-year-olds (STAT) in detecting autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in toddlers who are less than 24 months of age. The study sample, which consisted of 119 toddlers with developmental problems, were assessed when they were between 16 and 24 months of age (Time 1) and after a period of 18 months to finalize the diagnosis (Time 2); 57 children had ASD and 62 children had developmental delays. A cutoff score of 2.5 on the STAT yielded an optimal combination of high sensitivity and specificity. The STAT demonstrated adequate predictive validity in detecting ASD in Taiwanese toddlers who are less than 24 months of age.
PMID: 31970598 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wu CC, Chu CL, Stewart L, Chiang CH, Hou YM, Liu JH Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research