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Ellen C Perrin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the baby pediatric symptom checklist development and initial validation of a new social emotional Screening Instrument for very young children
Academic Pediatrics, 2013Co-Authors: Christopher R Sheldrick, Brandi S Henson, Shela Merchant, Emily Neger, Michael J Murphy, Ellen C PerrinAbstract:Abstract Objective To develop and validate the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC), a brief social/emotional Screening Instrument for children less than 18 months. The BPSC is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and is part of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children, a comprehensive, freely available Screening Instrument designed for use in pediatric primary care. Method BPSC items were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment Instruments and relevant research literature. Scale construction and initial validation were conducted with 205 families from pediatric primary care sites and 54 families from referral clinics. A replication sample of 146 additional families were enrolled from an independent set of primary care practices. Results Exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 dimensions of the BPSC: irritability, inflexibility, and difficulty with routines. Factor structure was confirmed in the replication sample. Retest reliability and internal reliability were adequate (intraclass correlation coefficient >0.70) across subscales, with the exception of the "irritability" subscale's internal reliability in the replication sample. Construct validity of the "irritability" and the "difficulty with routines" subscales is supported by correlations with the Parenting Stress Index and the Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social/Emotional, but the "inflexibility" subscale seems to be distinct from performance on these Instruments. Tests of differential item functioning revealed no significant effects for race/ethnicity, child gender, parent education, or family income. Age-based normative data were calculated for each subscale. Conclusion The BPSC assesses 3 domains of behavior for very young children and shows promise as a social/emotional Screening Instrument for pediatric primary care.
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the preschool pediatric symptom checklist ppsc development and initial validation of a new social emotional Screening Instrument
Academic Pediatrics, 2012Co-Authors: Christopher R Sheldrick, Brandi S Henson, Shela Merchant, Emily Neger, Michael J Murphy, Ellen C PerrinAbstract:Abstract Objective This article describes the development and initial validation of the Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC), a social/emotional Screening Instrument for children 18 to 60 months of age. The PPSC was created as part of a comprehensive Screening Instrument designed for pediatric primary care and is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist. Method Items for the PPSC were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment Instruments and relevant research literature. Scale construction and initial validation (including factor analysis and tests of construct validity) were conducted with 292 families from pediatric primary care sites and 354 families from referral clinics. One hundred seventy-one additional families were recruited from primary care sites to obtain an independent replication sample. Results Exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 dimensions of the PPSC: Externalizing, Internalizing, Attention Problems, and Parenting Challenges. These dimensions were incorporated into a bifactor model that displayed a strong general factor, thus supporting the use of a total score. The PPSC total score shows strong internal and retest reliability, and it identifies children who score in the clinical range of a longer, well-validated, and more comprehensive parent-report Instrument (the Child Behavior Checklist), as well as children who are reported to have a range of behavioral diagnoses. Moreover, sensitivity and specificity with respect to these criteria were comparable to those of another well-accepted but longer screener, the Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social/Emotional. Finally, results for the PPSC total scale remained consistent when replicated in an independent sample. Conclusion The PPSC shows promise as a social/emotional Screening Instrument for use in pediatric primary care.
Mingbeen Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the five item brief symptom rating scale as a suicide ideation Screening Instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents
BMC Psychiatry, 2008Co-Authors: Forwey Lung, Mingbeen LeeAbstract:Background An efficient Screening Instrument which can be used in diverse settings to predict suicide in different populations is vital. The aim of this study was to use the five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-5) as a Screening Instrument for the prediction of suicide ideation in psychiatric, community and general medical settings.
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the five item brief symptom rating scale as a suicide ideation Screening Instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents
BMC Psychiatry, 2008Co-Authors: Forwey Lung, Mingbeen LeeAbstract:An efficient Screening Instrument which can be used in diverse settings to predict suicide in different populations is vital. The aim of this study was to use the five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-5) as a Screening Instrument for the prediction of suicide ideation in psychiatric, community and general medical settings. Five hundred and one psychiatric, 1,040 community and 969 general medical participants were recruited. The community participants completed a structured telephone interview, and the other two groups completed the self-report BSRS-5 questionnaire. The logistic regression analysis showed that the predictors of suicide ideation for the psychiatric group were depression, hostility and inferiority (p < 0.001, p = 0.016, p = 0.011), for the community group, inferiority, hostility and insomnia (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.003), and for the general medical group, inferiority, hostility, depression and insomnia (p < 0.001, p = 0.001, p = 0.020, p = 0.008). The structural equation model showed the same symptom domains that predicted suicide ideation for all three groups. The receiver operating characteristic curve using the significant symptom domains from logistic regression showed that for the psychiatric group, the optimal cut-off point was 4/5 for the total of the significant dimensions (positive predictive value [PPV] = 78.01%, negative predictive value [NPV] = 79.05%), for the community group, 7/8 (PPV = 68.75%, NPV = 96.09%), and for the general medical group, 12/13 (PPV = 92.86%, NPV = 88.48%). The BSRS-5 is an efficient tool for the Screening of suicide ideation-prone psychiatric inpatients, general medical patients, and community residents. Understanding the discriminative symptom domains for different groups and the relationship between them can help health care professionals in their preventative programs and clinical treatment.
Christopher R Sheldrick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the baby pediatric symptom checklist development and initial validation of a new social emotional Screening Instrument for very young children
Academic Pediatrics, 2013Co-Authors: Christopher R Sheldrick, Brandi S Henson, Shela Merchant, Emily Neger, Michael J Murphy, Ellen C PerrinAbstract:Abstract Objective To develop and validate the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC), a brief social/emotional Screening Instrument for children less than 18 months. The BPSC is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and is part of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children, a comprehensive, freely available Screening Instrument designed for use in pediatric primary care. Method BPSC items were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment Instruments and relevant research literature. Scale construction and initial validation were conducted with 205 families from pediatric primary care sites and 54 families from referral clinics. A replication sample of 146 additional families were enrolled from an independent set of primary care practices. Results Exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 dimensions of the BPSC: irritability, inflexibility, and difficulty with routines. Factor structure was confirmed in the replication sample. Retest reliability and internal reliability were adequate (intraclass correlation coefficient >0.70) across subscales, with the exception of the "irritability" subscale's internal reliability in the replication sample. Construct validity of the "irritability" and the "difficulty with routines" subscales is supported by correlations with the Parenting Stress Index and the Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social/Emotional, but the "inflexibility" subscale seems to be distinct from performance on these Instruments. Tests of differential item functioning revealed no significant effects for race/ethnicity, child gender, parent education, or family income. Age-based normative data were calculated for each subscale. Conclusion The BPSC assesses 3 domains of behavior for very young children and shows promise as a social/emotional Screening Instrument for pediatric primary care.
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the preschool pediatric symptom checklist ppsc development and initial validation of a new social emotional Screening Instrument
Academic Pediatrics, 2012Co-Authors: Christopher R Sheldrick, Brandi S Henson, Shela Merchant, Emily Neger, Michael J Murphy, Ellen C PerrinAbstract:Abstract Objective This article describes the development and initial validation of the Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC), a social/emotional Screening Instrument for children 18 to 60 months of age. The PPSC was created as part of a comprehensive Screening Instrument designed for pediatric primary care and is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist. Method Items for the PPSC were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment Instruments and relevant research literature. Scale construction and initial validation (including factor analysis and tests of construct validity) were conducted with 292 families from pediatric primary care sites and 354 families from referral clinics. One hundred seventy-one additional families were recruited from primary care sites to obtain an independent replication sample. Results Exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 dimensions of the PPSC: Externalizing, Internalizing, Attention Problems, and Parenting Challenges. These dimensions were incorporated into a bifactor model that displayed a strong general factor, thus supporting the use of a total score. The PPSC total score shows strong internal and retest reliability, and it identifies children who score in the clinical range of a longer, well-validated, and more comprehensive parent-report Instrument (the Child Behavior Checklist), as well as children who are reported to have a range of behavioral diagnoses. Moreover, sensitivity and specificity with respect to these criteria were comparable to those of another well-accepted but longer screener, the Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social/Emotional. Finally, results for the PPSC total scale remained consistent when replicated in an independent sample. Conclusion The PPSC shows promise as a social/emotional Screening Instrument for use in pediatric primary care.
Gerard M. H. Swaen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychometrics and validation of a Screening Instrument for sickness absence
Occupational medicine (Oxford England), 2008Co-Authors: Saskia F. A. Duijts, Ijmert Kant, Piet A. Van Den Brandt, Gerard M. H. SwaenAbstract:Background Absence from work due to psychosocial health complaints has considerable negative effects for employees, employers and society. A better and more effective strategy would be early identification of employees at risk for psychosocial sickness absence and early intervention to prevent sickness absence as far as possible. Aims To assess psychometric characteristics and the external validation of a recently developed Screening Instrument, called 'Werkwijzer', for the identification of employees at risk for sickness absence due to psychosocial health complaints. Methods Exploratory factor analysis was applied on items of the Instrument. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine internal consistency of the subscales. Sum scores on the Screening Instrument were correlated to absenteeism data to determine their potential for predicting sickness absence. Predictive value was investigated, using objective sickness absence data as criterion measure. Sensitivity and specificity rates were calculated for external validation. Results For both men and women, three interpretable factors were found. Sum scores on the Instrument showed low correlations with sickness absence. The association between 'being at risk' (yes/no) and sickness absence (yes/no) was odds ratio (OR) 3.1 (95% CI 1.5-6.5) for men and OR 2.0 (95% CI 1.4-2.7) for women. Sensitivity scores were rather low, whereas specificity scores were remarkably high. Conclusions The results of this study provide the Screening Instrument a theoretic and scientific basis. Predictive Conclusions The results of this study provide the Screening Instrument a theoretic and scientific basis. Predictive value is promising, when absence is treated as a dichotomous measure. Sensitivity and specificity were unvarying during the development and validation phases of the Instrument.
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Prediction of sickness absence : development of a Screening Instrument
Occupational and environmental medicine, 2006Co-Authors: Saskia F. A. Duijts, Ijmert Kant, Jan A. Landeweerd, Gerard M. H. SwaenAbstract:Objectives: To develop a concise Screening Instrument for early identification of employees at risk for sickness absence due to psychosocial health complaints. Methods: Data from the Maastricht Cohort Study on “Fatigue at Work” were used to identify items to be associated with an increased risk of sickness absence. The analytical procedures univariate logistic regression, backward stepwise linear regression, and multiple logistic regression were successively applied. For both men and women, sum scores were calculated, and sensitivity and specificity rates of different cut-off points on the Screening Instrument were defined. Results: In women, results suggested that feeling depressed, having a burnout, being tired, being less interested in work, experiencing obligatory change in working days, and living alone, were strong predictors of sickness absence due to psychosocial health complaints. In men, statistically significant predictors were having a history of sickness absence, compulsive thinking, being mentally fatigued, finding it hard to relax, lack of supervisor support, and having no hobbies. A potential cut-off point of 10 on the Screening Instrument resulted in a sensitivity score of 41.7% for women and 38.9% for men, and a specificity score of 91.3% for women and 90.6% for men. Conclusions: This study shows that it is possible to identify predictive factors for sickness absence and to develop an Instrument for early identification of employees at risk for sickness absence. The results of this study increase the possibility for both employers and policymakers to implement interventions directed at the prevention of sickness absence.
Forwey Lung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the five item brief symptom rating scale as a suicide ideation Screening Instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents
BMC Psychiatry, 2008Co-Authors: Forwey Lung, Mingbeen LeeAbstract:Background An efficient Screening Instrument which can be used in diverse settings to predict suicide in different populations is vital. The aim of this study was to use the five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-5) as a Screening Instrument for the prediction of suicide ideation in psychiatric, community and general medical settings.
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the five item brief symptom rating scale as a suicide ideation Screening Instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents
BMC Psychiatry, 2008Co-Authors: Forwey Lung, Mingbeen LeeAbstract:An efficient Screening Instrument which can be used in diverse settings to predict suicide in different populations is vital. The aim of this study was to use the five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-5) as a Screening Instrument for the prediction of suicide ideation in psychiatric, community and general medical settings. Five hundred and one psychiatric, 1,040 community and 969 general medical participants were recruited. The community participants completed a structured telephone interview, and the other two groups completed the self-report BSRS-5 questionnaire. The logistic regression analysis showed that the predictors of suicide ideation for the psychiatric group were depression, hostility and inferiority (p < 0.001, p = 0.016, p = 0.011), for the community group, inferiority, hostility and insomnia (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.003), and for the general medical group, inferiority, hostility, depression and insomnia (p < 0.001, p = 0.001, p = 0.020, p = 0.008). The structural equation model showed the same symptom domains that predicted suicide ideation for all three groups. The receiver operating characteristic curve using the significant symptom domains from logistic regression showed that for the psychiatric group, the optimal cut-off point was 4/5 for the total of the significant dimensions (positive predictive value [PPV] = 78.01%, negative predictive value [NPV] = 79.05%), for the community group, 7/8 (PPV = 68.75%, NPV = 96.09%), and for the general medical group, 12/13 (PPV = 92.86%, NPV = 88.48%). The BSRS-5 is an efficient tool for the Screening of suicide ideation-prone psychiatric inpatients, general medical patients, and community residents. Understanding the discriminative symptom domains for different groups and the relationship between them can help health care professionals in their preventative programs and clinical treatment.
