Comparing the Indian Autism Screening Questionnaire (IASQ) and the Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism (ISAA) with the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Second Edition (CARS2) in Indian settings.

Satabdi ChakrabortyTriptish BhatiaNitin AntonyAratrika RoyVandana ShriharshAmrita SahayJaspreet S BrarSatish IyengarRavinder SinghVishwajit L NimgaonkarSmita Neelkanth Deshpande

Published in: PloS one (2022)

IASQ has satisfactory sensitivity, specificity and concordance when compared with CARS2; it can be used for screening children with autism in community. The ISAA also showed a high concordance with CARS2, as it had with the older version of CARS.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
intellectual disability
psychometric properties
healthcare
young adults
physical activity
patient reported
clinical evaluation