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

• Published in: CoDAS (São Paulo) Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 138 - 147
• Main Authors: Machado, Fernanda Prada, Palladino, Ruth Ramalho Ruivo, Cunha, Maria Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia 01-03-2014
• Subjects: AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; Autistic disorder; Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; Child; Child, Preschool; Communication; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Parents; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Questionnaires; REHABILITATION; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Surveys and Questionnaires; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Autistic disorder; Language; Questionnaires; Communication
• ISSN: 2317-1782; 2317-1782
• DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/2014001IN

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.
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.
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.
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.