Clinical validation of the parent-report Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (TOCS): A pediatric open-source rating scale.
Laura J LambeChristie L BurtonEvdokia AnagnostouElizabeth KelleyRobert NicolsonStelios GeorgiadesNoam SoreniRussell J SchacharGregory L HannaPaul D ArnoldJennifer CrosbiePublished in: JCPP advances (2021)
The TOCS is a reliable and valid rating scale with strong sensitivity and specificity in discriminating OCD cases from controls, as well as from ASD and ADHD. It is a quantitative OCD measure with important clinical and research applications, with particular relevance for cross disorder phenotyping and population-based studies.