Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability

2016
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Carakovac, MiaJovanović, Jelena
Kalanj, Marko
Rudić, Nenad
Aleksić-Hil, Olivera
Aleksić, Branko
Villalobos, Itzel Bustos
Kasuya, Hideki
Ozaki, Norio

Lečić-Toševski, Dušica
Pejović-Milovančević, Milica

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Early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has proven to be of high significance, however there is a limited availability of ASD screening tools in Serbian language. In this study we aim to translate, assess reliability and, in part, test the applicability of Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT R/F) in Serbian Healthcare environment. We screened 128 children in three primary healthcare centres and 20 children in a tertiary psychiatric center, using M-CHAT R/F translated into Serbian language, between December 2014 and October 2015. At the end of the screening process 80% of participants in the risk group screened positive for ASD, while in the control group 4 (3.1%) participants screened positive, with a mean total scores of 8.25 and 0.66 respectively. The Cronbach's a coefficient was 0.91 and Guttman's.6 was 0.93. Test-retest reliability was deemed as acceptable, and no significant correlation was found between M-CHAT-R/F scores and Epwort...h Sleepiness Scale for children scores. The Serbian version of the M-CHAT-R/F has shown satisfactory reliability. We can therefore assert that it is a reliable tool for identifying ASD and it can be used in clinical practice to improve early detection, assessment and treatment.
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Scientific Reports, 2016, 6Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group, London
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) [15K09804]
DOI: 10.1038/srep38222
ISSN: 2045-2322
PubMed: 27905541
WoS: 000388996300001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84999749857
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Carakovac, Mia AU - Jovanović, Jelena AU - Kalanj, Marko AU - Rudić, Nenad AU - Aleksić-Hil, Olivera AU - Aleksić, Branko AU - Villalobos, Itzel Bustos AU - Kasuya, Hideki AU - Ozaki, Norio AU - Lečić-Toševski, Dušica AU - Pejović-Milovančević, Milica PY - 2016 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/988 AB - Early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has proven to be of high significance, however there is a limited availability of ASD screening tools in Serbian language. In this study we aim to translate, assess reliability and, in part, test the applicability of Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT R/F) in Serbian Healthcare environment. We screened 128 children in three primary healthcare centres and 20 children in a tertiary psychiatric center, using M-CHAT R/F translated into Serbian language, between December 2014 and October 2015. At the end of the screening process 80% of participants in the risk group screened positive for ASD, while in the control group 4 (3.1%) participants screened positive, with a mean total scores of 8.25 and 0.66 respectively. The Cronbach's a coefficient was 0.91 and Guttman's.6 was 0.93. Test-retest reliability was deemed as acceptable, and no significant correlation was found between M-CHAT-R/F scores and Epworth Sleepiness Scale for children scores. The Serbian version of the M-CHAT-R/F has shown satisfactory reliability. We can therefore assert that it is a reliable tool for identifying ASD and it can be used in clinical practice to improve early detection, assessment and treatment. PB - Nature Publishing Group, London T2 - Scientific Reports T1 - Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability VL - 6 DO - 10.1038/srep38222 ER -
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Carakovac, M., Jovanović, J., Kalanj, M., Rudić, N., Aleksić-Hil, O., Aleksić, B., Villalobos, I. B., Kasuya, H., Ozaki, N., Lečić-Toševski, D.,& Pejović-Milovančević, M.. (2016). Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability. in Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group, London., 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38222
Carakovac M, Jovanović J, Kalanj M, Rudić N, Aleksić-Hil O, Aleksić B, Villalobos IB, Kasuya H, Ozaki N, Lečić-Toševski D, Pejović-Milovančević M. Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability. in Scientific Reports. 2016;6. doi:10.1038/srep38222 .
Carakovac, Mia, Jovanović, Jelena, Kalanj, Marko, Rudić, Nenad, Aleksić-Hil, Olivera, Aleksić, Branko, Villalobos, Itzel Bustos, Kasuya, Hideki, Ozaki, Norio, Lečić-Toševski, Dušica, Pejović-Milovančević, Milica, "Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability" in Scientific Reports, 6 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38222 . .