The predictive value of the pediatric symptom checklist in 5-year-old Austrian children

Thun‐Hohenstein, Leonhard; Herzog, Sereina A.

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“…The PSC has been used in many different cultural contexts and has been translated into other languages including Japanese, Spanish, German and Dutch (Ishizaki, 2000; Jutte, Burgos, Mendoza, Ford, & Huffman, 2003; Reijneveld, Vogels, Hoekstra, & Crone, 2006; Thun-Hohenstein & Herzog, 2008). Translated versions have been tested in the appropriate ethnic groups with different score cut-offs proving appropriate in different settings.…”

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Rapid psychosocial function screening test identified treatment failure in HIV+ African youth

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Psychosocial dysfunction in older children and adolescents is common and may lead to non-adherence to HIV treatments. Poor adherence leads to HIV treatment failure and the development of resistant virus. In resource-limited settings where treatment options are typically limited to only one or two available lines of therapy, identification of individuals at highest risk of failure before failure occurs is of critical importance. Rapid screening tools for psychosocial dysfunction may allow for identification of those children and adolescents who are most likely to benefit from limited psychosocial support services targeted at preventing HIV treatment failure. The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is used in high resource settings for rapid identification of at-risk youth. In 692 HIV-infected treated children (ages of 8-<17 years) in Botswana, having a high score on the PSC was associated with having virologic failure (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1–2.6). The PSC may be a useful screening tool in pediatric HIV.

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“…Differences by sex were also reported in a sample of Austrian preschool-aged children, again with boys scoring higher than girls (Thun-Hohenstein & Herzog, 2008), as well as in a sample of school-aged Dutch children (Reijneveld, Vogels, Hoekstra, & Crone, 2006). Similar results have been reported in studies using the BPI as a measure of behavior problems (Parcel & Menaghan, 1988).…”

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“…Possible effects of SES on full-length PSC scores were also reported among Dutch children (Reijneveld et al, 2006), though another international study detected no such differences in Austrian children (Thun-Hohenstein & Herzog, 2008). Regarding the BPI, no studies were located which explicitly tested the quality of measurement of the instrument among groups of different SES.…”

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“…Cultural differences in full-length PSC scores have also been revealed in several international studies (e.g., Reijneveld et al, 2006;Thun-Hohenstein & Herzog, 2008), leading some to suggest the need for adjusted cut-scores for particular populations. Given concerns regarding both under-and over-identification of children of minority status for behavioral services, clarity regarding possible biases in the items comprising these scales is needed.…”

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“…Lower sensitivity and specificity of the full-length PSC with children under age 6 have been described (Navon et al, 2001), while examinations of the psychometric properties of the BPI have not attended to age as a factor of interest (Parcel & Menaghan, 1988;Zill, 1985Zill, , 1990. Reports of differing screening results by sex Parcel & Menaghan, 1988;Reijneveld et al, 2006;Thun-Hohenstein & Herzog, 2008), race (Jutte et al, 2003;Simonian & Tarnowski, 2001;Simonian et al, 1991;Spencer et al, 2005), and SES (Jellinek et al, 1995;Jellinek et al, 1999;Reijneveld et al, 2006) have not been followed with itemlevel analyses of possible bias in these instruments. Further, available psychometric evaluations of these instruments have relied solely on CTT-based methods, which are limited in their capacity to assess measurement performance independent of the particular samples included in investigations (Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994).…”

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Studts, Christina Ruth 1971-, "Improving screening for externalizing behavior problems in very young children : applications of item response theory to evaluate instruments in pediatric primary care." (2008) My family has also been a constant source of encouragement and strength. My parents, Bob and Kathy Clark, instilled in me a love of learning, a passion to achieve, and a focus on concern for others. My sister and fellow lifelong student, Jeannie ClarkMabey, has shared in the joys of returning to school in our 30s. My husband Jamie and daughter Shannon have endured my constant attachment to the computer and endless monologues about data analyses, all the while offering unconditional love and support..v Special thanks to Jamie for inspiring me as a dedicated and accomplished scientistpractitioner, and to Shannon for being such a good napper. My family has been with me every step of the way-and for Shannon, I mean that literally.My gratitude also goes to Ruth Huber and Norma Melton-bosslady and Queen of the doctoral program, respectively-who have kept me moving forward, reminded me of deadlines, and generously provided assistance and nurturing along the way. Ruth and Norma provide a remarkable foundation for the Kent School doctoral students with their unwavering support.Dana Sullivan and Janet Carpenter were my "unofficial" committee members, offering encouragement, advice, and cheerleading from qualifying exams through the defense. I thank them for their humor, wisdom, and listening skills, and for counseling sessions and camaraderie over good meals, by phone, and even in the gyms of strange cities.Thanks also to Barbara Donadio and the physicians, staff, and patients of Duke Externalizing behavior problems in very young children are associated with an array of negative and costly long-term outcomes. Pediatric primary care is a promising venue for implementing screening practices to improve early identification of this social and public health problem. In this setting, screening requires a brief, easily scored instrument which can detect sub-clinical to clinical levels of the latent construct within the context of early childhood development. Further, items used should perform consistently with children of all sociodemographic backgrounds. This study applied item response theory analyses to investigate the precision, utility, and differential item functioning (DIF) of items measuring externalizing behavior problems in two caregiverreport questionnaires: the PSC-17 and the BPI (Peterson & Zill, 1986;Zill, 1990). Caregivers (N = 900) of children ages 3 to 5 responded to both instruments and a sociodemographic questionnaire in the waiting rooms of four pediatric primary care clinics. Sociodemographic characteristics of the children were diverse: 47% were female, 50% were of minority race, and 43% were of low socioeconomic status viii (SES). Eighteen items comprising the instruments' combined externalizing subscales were evaluated for (a) levels of externalizing behavior problems best measured, and (b) DIF exhib...

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Kinder im Spannungsfeld von Psyche und Soma

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The predictive value of the pediatric symptom checklist in 5-year-old Austrian children

Abstract: To summarize, the PSC is a valid psychosocial screening instrument, at least for this age group, and thus applicable for German-speaking countries.

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Rapid psychosocial function screening test identified treatment failure in HIV+ African youth

Rapid psychosocial function screening test identified treatment failure in HIV+ African youth

Improving screening for externalizing behavior problems in very young children : applications of item response theory to evaluate instruments in pediatric primary care.

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