Adaptation of the Child Development Clinical Risk Indicators instrument to retrospective parent report

• Main Authors: Fernanda Prada Machado, Ruth Ramalho Ruivo Palladino, Maria Claudia Cunha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia
• Series: CoDAS
• Subjects: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Autistic disorder; Questionnaires; Communication; Language
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822014000200138&lng=en&tlng=en

PURPOSE: To adapt the Child Development Clinical Risk Indicators (IRDI) instrument to retrospective report for parents of children from 3 to 7 years old and administer it in two groups. METHODS: Participated on the study 72 subjects - parents of children aged from 2 years and 11 months to 7 years and 7 months - divided into two groups: Research Group and Control Group. The proposed modification to parent report transformed the 31 indicators (affirmations) into retrospective self-administered questions to parents, with responses in Likert scale. The IRDI-questionnaire was administered in the two groups. RESULTS: The IRDI-questionnaire showed to be easy and quick to administer (average 15 minutes) and with low cost. The analysis of the questions obtained a good internal consistency value. The comparison between the groups by the parents' answers to the 31 questions showed difference in 16 questions. CONCLUSION: The items of the IRDI-questionnaire concern the main Autism Spectrum Disorders risk signs pointed out in literature. The parents' answers showed differences between the studied groups.