Comparative Analysis of Several Common Screening and Assessment Scales for Childhood Autism Spectrum Disease

Abstract

Given the increasing prevalence of childhood autism spectrum disease (ASD) , there is a need for scales with higher efficiencies for scientifically screening and assessing this disease. We reviewed several common screening and assessment scales for childhood ASD in terms of applicable age group, applicable methods, scoring methods, assessment criteria and basic contents, and made a comparative analysis of the merits and limitations of characteristics, applications, sensitivity and specificity of commonly used primary and secondary screening scales, as well as diagnostic scales. Then we intensively analyzed and reconstructed these scales from both perspectives of professional use and family use, attempting to explore a screening and assessment method for childhood ASD, thereby alleviating the shortage of professionals, improving the accuracy of screening and diagnosis, reducing the misdiagnosis rate and false positive rate, and providing a reliable scientific basis for the collection of early intervention data and later treatment of childhood ASD.

Keywords

• autism spectrum disorder|autism|diagnostic screening programs|early diagnosis