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Validity of the Brief Child and Family Phone Interview by comparison with Longitudinal Expert All Data diagnoses in outpatients Cover

Validity of the Brief Child and Family Phone Interview by comparison with Longitudinal Expert All Data diagnoses in outpatients

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TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics and symptom load in the study sample compared with all admitted patients

Admitted not in study sample (n = 5641)Study sample (n = 267)p-value
Child, n (%)2878 (50.1)154 (57.7)0.03
Boys, n (%)3184 (53.9)150 (56.2)0.44
Boys 6-12, n (%)1924 (32.6)97 (36.3)0.18
Boys 13-17, n (%)1260 (21.3)54 819.9)0.55
Girls 6-12, n (%)1108 (18.8)57 (21.3)0.27
Girls 13-17, n (%)1616 (27.4)60 (22.5)0.07
T-value, externalizing (SD)63 (14.2)68 (13.1)< 0.001
T-value, internalizing (SD)61 (14.5)64 (13.9)< 0.001
TABLE 2.

BCFPI mean values (SD in parentheses) divided by sex and

Boys (n = 150)Girls (n = 117)6-12 years (n = 154)13-17 years (n = 113)
ADD4.15 (1.58)3.67 (1.74)3.95 (1.67)3.92 (1.68)
ADHD7.32 (3.01)6.61 (3.42)7.36 (3.28)6.54 (3.07)
SAD2.85 (2.88)3.29 (2.90)3.58 (3.07)2.31 (2.46)
GAD4.99 (2.99)5.52 (3.09)5.19 (3.00)5.27 (3.11)
MDD4.57 (3.49)5.06 (3.35)3.75 (3.12)6.19 (3.35)
CD1.67 (1.85)1.44 (1.98)1.91 (1.96)1.10 (1.73)
ODD7.35 (3.48)7.37 (3.30)7.67 (3.45)6.93 (3.27)
INT12.42 (7.00)13.87 (6.58)12.53 (6.89)13.78 (6.74)
EXT16.39 (6.65)15.41 (6.87)16.99 (6.94)14.67 (6.23)

1 Note. ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BCFPI, Brief Child and Family Phone Interview; CD, conduct disorder; EXT, externalizing; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; INT, internalizing; MDD, major depressive disorder; ODD, oppositional defiant disorder; SAD, separation anxiety disorder

TABLE 3.

Screening properties of the BCFPI and the CBCL versus a LEAD diagnosis

 BCFPICBCL#Diag
Cut*AUCκSensSpecPPVNPVAUCκ
ADD40.82 (± 0.05)0.480.800.680.820.65174
ADHD70.81 (± 0.05)0.400.740.680.810.580.800.44174
SAD90.90 (± 0.06)0.450.430.970.560.950.740.1123
GAD110.75 (± 0.12)0.180.190.970.270.950.720.0716
MDD70.78 (± 0.06)0.370.560.810.540.810.770.3680
CD60.83 (± 0.09)0.190.230.960.230.960.920.3413
ODD100.73 (± 0.06)0.310.530.780.560.750.800.4393
INT140.70 (± 0.06)0.290.620.670.610.68120
EXT130.78 (± 0.06)0.340.810.540.820.52193

1 Note. Figures in parenthesis are 95 % confidence intervals

2* Cut is the cut-off raw score for the kappa analyses

3 AUC, area under the curve; κ, Kappa; Sen, sensitivity; Spec, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; #Diag, number of children with a LEAD diagnosis in the spectrum; SAD, separation anxiety disorder; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; CD, conduct disorder; ODD, oppositional defiant disorder; INT, internalizing symptoms; EXT, externalizing symptoms; ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BCFPI, Brief Child and Family Phone Interview; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; LEAD, Longitudinal Expert All Data

TABLE 4.

Screening properties for BCFPI versus LEAD divided into sex and age

Boys (n = 150)Girls (n = 117)6-12 years (n = 154)13-17 years (n = 113
ADD0.82 (± 0.07)0.80 (± 0.08)0.82 (± 0.08)0.85 (± 0.07)
ADHD0.84 (± 0.07)0.79 (± 0.08)0.84 (± 0.08)0.79 (± 0.08)
MDD0.76 (± 0.08)0.80 (± 0.08)0.75 (± 0.10)0.75 (± 0.09)
ODD0.73 (± 0.08)0.74 (± 0.09)0.69 (± 0.08)0.78 (± 0.09)
INT0.67 (± 0.09)0.72 (± 0.09)0.72 (± 0.08)0.65 (± 0.10)
EXT0.76 (± 0.09)0.79 (± 0.08)0.78 (± 0.08)0.75 (± 0.09)

1 Note. Area Under the Curve for a subset of diagnoses

2 Figures in parenthesis are 95 % confidence intervals

3 ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BCFPI, Brief Child and Family Phone Interview; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; LEAD, Longitudinal Expert All Data; SAD, separation anxiety disorder; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; CD, conduct disorder; ODD, oppositional defiant disorder; INT, internalizing symptoms; EXT, externalizing symptoms

Language: English
Page range: 83 - 90
Published online: Oct 18, 2018
Published in print: Jan 1, 2018
Published by: Center for Evidence-based Psychiatry
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Markus Andersson, Martin Bäckström, Tord Ivarsson, Maria Råstam, Håkan Jarbin, published by Center for Evidence-based Psychiatry
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