An aid for diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at adulthood: psychometric properties of the French versions of two Wender Utah Rating Scales (WURS-25 and WURS-K).
Compr Psychiatry
; 51(3): 325-31, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects up to 4% of the adults in the general population. The Utah criteria were devised in the 1970s to help a retrospective diagnosis of ADHD during childhood, a necessary but not sufficient condition for diagnosing ADHD at adulthood. A sample of 466 adults was collected from a referral center and a large university. We investigated the psychometric properties (reliability and factor structure) of the original WURS-25 and the WURS-K, two shortened versions of the Wender Utah Rating Scale. These scales have similar psychometric properties; both have a 3-factor structure with only the first two factors highly and positively correlated. The third factor in the WURS-K, antisocial behavior, is less specific to the construct of ADHD than the third factor in the WURS-25, mood/self-esteem. The 18-item Adult ADHD Self-Rating Scale (ASRS) was used as a screening tool for actual ADHD. The composite total scores and the factorial scores correlated moderately with ASRS total and subscores. Research is warranted to assess the cutoff scores against a diagnosis of ADHD using a structured interview.
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Assunto principal:
Determinação da Personalidade
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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade
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Comparação Transcultural
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article