Sensitivity and Specificity of Developmental Surveillance and Autism Screening in an Australian Multicultural Cohort: The Watch Me Grow Study.
To examine accuracy of two-tiered surveillance to detect developmental disability and autism in a multicultural birth cohort; a subset of the Watch Me Grow Study. Surveillance tools were used at or soon after 18 months of age, including the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), the Age...
| Published in: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 4164 - 4175 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=196688623&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 196688623 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01623257 AUT jtl: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders issn: 01623257 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2026 vid: 56 iid: 10 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 196688623 185175190 196688623 196688623 10.1007/s10803-025-06859-z 196688623 ppf: 4164 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Sensitivity and Specificity of Developmental Surveillance and Autism Screening in an Australian Multicultural Cohort: The Watch Me Grow Study. aug: au: Bernie, Charmaine Montgomery, Alicia Sealy, Louise Descallar, Joseph Dissanayake, Cheryl Jalaludin, Bin Murphy, Elisabeth Woolfenden, Sue Williams, Katrina Eapen, Valsamma affil: https://ror.org/001xkv632 Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia sug: subj: Disease Surveillance Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis Health Screening Cultural Diversity New South Wales Developmental Disabilities Diagnosis Human Sensitivity and Specificity Infant Child, Preschool Questionnaires Checklists Scales Funding Source New South Wales Hospitals, Public New South Wales Male Female Child Development Descriptive Statistics Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Male Female ab: To examine accuracy of two-tiered surveillance to detect developmental disability and autism in a multicultural birth cohort; a subset of the Watch Me Grow Study. Surveillance tools were used at or soon after 18 months of age, including the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3), and the revised Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT-R/F). Children with and without identified concerns were assessed between 18 and 23 months using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2). Sensitivity and specificity of the surveillance tools used in isolation and in combination in this cohort ranged from 51 to 87% (n = 165). Some children (n = 21) who were not identified with high likelihood of difficulties were later assessed as having probable developmental disability. Adding the M-CHAT-R/F did not significantly improve autism likelihood identification in comparison with tiered developmental surveillance. There was highly variable sensitivity and specificity of combined tools for tiered developmental surveillance in this cohort. There remains a need in Australia to improve methods of, and engagement in, developmental screening and surveillance that includes detection of concerns in community and primary healthcare settings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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