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PubMed1988

A comparison of syndromes derived from the child behavior checklist for American and Dutch girls aged 6-11 and 12-16.

Child Behavior Checklists completed by parents of 1848 clinically referred American and Dutch girls aged 6-11 and 12-16 were subjected to principal components analyses with varimax rotations. For the 6-11 yr age group, seven of the nine empirically derived syndromes showed cross-national correlations ranging from 0.80 to 0.98. For 12-16-yr-old girls, all eight of the American syndromes were firmly replicated for Dutch girls with correlations ranging from 0.84 to 0.97. Furthermore, cross-national similarities in the distribution of scores for normative samples supported the use of the same syndrome scales by clinicians and researchers in the two countries.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Syndromes derived from the Child Behavior Checklist for clinically referred Israeli boys aged 6-11: a research note.

Child Behavior Checklists (CBCL) were completed by parents of 450 clinically referred Israeli boys aged 6-11. Principal components analyses with varimax rotation yielded 10 syndromes: aggressive, uncommunicative/social withdrawal, depressed, delinquent, hyperactive, somatic complaints, anxious, immature, unpopular, and odd. The first seven syndromes were highly correlated with American and Dutch syndromes derived from the CBCL providing further evidence of their cross-cultural robustness.

Aggression↗
PubMed2004

Can the Children's Communication Checklist differentiate between children with autism, children with ADHD, and normal controls?

BACKGROUND: The Children's Communication Checklist (CCC; Bishop, 1998) is a questionnaire that was developed to measure pragmatic language use and may be completed by parents and teachers. Two studies are reported, which were designed to investigate: (1) whether children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) encounter pragmatic language problems in comparison with normal controls (NC), (2) whether children with ADHD and children with High Functioning Autism (HFA) can be differentiated using the CCC, (3) the usefulness of the CCC for parents and teachers in a clinical and in a research setting, and (4) the role of age in pragmatic language use in ADHD and HFA. METHOD: In the first study (clinical sample) 50 children with ADHD, 50 children with HFA, and 50 NC were compared to each other using the CCC. In the second study (research sample) CCC data was gathered on 23 children with ADHD (without co-morbid disorders), 42 children with HFA, and 35 NC. RESULTS: Compared to NC, children with HFA showed pragmatic deficits on all CCC scales. Children with ADHD demonstrated deficits compared to NC as well. Moreover, the ADHD and HFA groups differed from each other on most of the scales. Discriminant analyses showed that CCC scales were relevant for case identification in these samples. Furthermore, profiles of impairment seen in children with HFA and ADHD did not vary with age. CONCLUSION: Pragmatic difficulties do occur in both HFA and ADHD. The present studies indicate that the CCC is a useful instrument to obtain information concerning pragmatic language use in both a clinical and a research setting. Although the information of parents is more tightly linked to the diagnosis, combining the information of both parent and teacher slightly improves case identification.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2006

The Obsessive Compulsive Scale of the Child Behavior Checklist predicts obsessive-compulsive disorder: a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine a score on the Obsessive Compulsive Scale (OCS) from the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) to screen for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and to rigorously test the specificity and sensitivity of a single cutpoint. METHODS: A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was applied to data from 61 patients with clinically determined OCD, 64 clinical controls and 73 general population controls to determine the best sum score on the CBCL-OCS to predict confirmed OCD in children. Using the ROC-determined cutoff, this score was applied to a national sample of CBCL data from 2460 singleton children ages 4-18 and to 20,016 children ages 7-18 from three large general population twin samples to determine the estimated prevalence in the general population. RESULTS: Using a CBCL-OCS score of 5 demonstrated an area under the curve (AUC) of .88 with high sensitivity (92%) and moderate specificity (67%) compared to clinical controls. Compared to the general population controls, the AUC was .96 with high sensitivity (92%) and specificity (89%). In the twin samples, the number of participants with CBCL-OCS scores above this cutpoint was 2.3-7.1%. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the OCS of the CBCL may provide a highly effective way to screen for childhood OCD, and that the prevalence of childhood OCD may have been underestimated, thus prompting the need for further research into screening children for this condition.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Relatives' awareness of their own expressed emotion as measured by a self-report adjective checklist.

Relatives' ratings of their affective attitudes toward a schizophrenic family member (N = 54) on a self-report adjective checklist were compared with two methods for rating expressed emotion (EE)--the original Camberwell Family Interview (CFI-EE) and a Five-Minute Speech Sample method (FMSS-EE). Eighty-four relatives were included in the sample. Results indicate that, in general, the relatives in the present sample perceive in themselves attitudes toward the patient that parallel those assessed by outside raters. A higher rate of correspondence was found between adjective ratings and concurrent FMSS-EE status than with prior CFI-EE status. Relatives classified as high-EE, critical by either method, were more readily discriminable in their adjective ratings from those rated low-EE than were relatives rated high-EE on the basis of emotional overinvolvement.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Revision and checklist of the species (other than lecudina) of the aseptate gregarine family Lecudinidae.

A checklist is given of the 89 named species of the gregarine family Lecudininae, exclusive of the 42 named species of the genus Lecudina (phylum Apicomplexa, class Sporozoea, subclass Gregarinia, order Eugregarinida, suborder Aseptatina). The list includes also the synonyms, host names, locations in hosts, known geographic distributions of the species, as well as key references. Another list is given of synonyms, lapsi calami, nomina nuda, etc., associated with the genera. A new genus, Paraophioidina g.n., with type species, Paraophioidina haeckeli (Mingazzini, 1891) and a new species, Lankesteria ormieresi sp. n., are described. There are also new combinations in the genera Bhatiella, Ancora, Monocystella, Ascocystis, and Paraophioidina.

Animals↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Development of a perinatal grief checklist.

The perinatal nurse faces one of the most difficult tasks in caring for families surviving the death of a newborn. This situation generates anxiety, depression, and frustration unless a plan designed for such situations is available. At Woman's Hospital of Texas, a group of nurses worked together to develop a tool to use as a guide through a difficult but meaningful nursing intervention. The process of the development and use of the Perinatal Grief Checklist is described.

Death↗
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Facilitating care after perinatal loss. A comprehensive checklist.

Each year, one out of five women suffers the loss of a pregnancy. Such losses are more than statistics: to many mothers, they represent the death of a longed-for child. While increasing attention has been directed toward meeting the needs of these women, the services provided are often fragmented. The use of a comprehensive checklist for providing care facilitates continuity and consistency of care and offers structure and direction for the caregiver. In this manner, vital aspects of care are not omitted as the bereaved woman moves through the health-care delivery system.

Bereavement↗
PubMedDate not supplied

A checklist to identify women at risk for developing postpartum depression.

This article describes the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory, a checklist to identify women at risk for developing this devastating illness. Postpartum depression wreaks havoc not only on mothers, but also on their entire families. Researchers have reported that postpartum depression has a moderate to large adverse effect on mother-infant interaction. Children older than 1 year whose mothers had postpartum depression have been reported to display more behavioral problems and cognitive deficits than children of mothers who were not depressed. It is crucial to identify and treat women with postpartum depression as early as possible. This problem often continues due to lack of identification. Identifying women at risk and providing early treatment interventions are the first steps in dealing with this problem.

Child↗
PubMed1992

Detecting psychopathology in young adults: the Young Adult Self Report, the General Health Questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist as screening instruments.

This study compares the screening capacity of an age-adjusted child-oriented questionnaire, the Young Adult Self Report (YASR) with two adult-oriented questionnaires, the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) and Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) in a sample of young adults (18-25 years). The YASR performed just as well as the SCL-90 and both performed better than the GHQ-28. The relatively poor performance of the GHQ-28 compared with the YASR and SCL-90 could not be attributed to instrument characteristics or to the use of referral status as indicator of psychopathology. In assessing psychopathology in young adults an age-adjusted child-oriented instrument might be a good alternative to the existing adult-oriented instruments, especially when one takes into account the problem of data comparability over time in longitudinal studies in which children are followed into adulthood.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

The prediction of poor outcome in young adults: comparison of the Young Adult Self-Report, the General Health Questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist.

The ability of the Young Adult Self-Report (YASR), the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) to predict maladjustment across a 2-year time-span was assessed in a general population sample of 528 18- to 22-year-olds. Referral for mental health services and need for professional help were predicted by total problem scores of the YASR, the GHQ-28 and the SCL-90 and by the internalizing scale of the YASR. Furthermore, the internalizing scale predicted suicide attempts or suicidal ideation, whereas the externalizing scale predicted police contacts. The YASR delinquent behavior syndrome was the only significant predictor of alcohol abuse. The findings supported the validity of the YASR as an instrument for the assessment of psychopathology in young adults.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

A 10-point strategic checklist for rural health care systems.

A checklist format is used to provide a framework for rural hospital executives and community members for gauging the health and stability of rural hospitals and rural hospital systems. Benchmarks are provided for financial and operational performance and emphasis is placed on medical staff size and physician recruitment. Physician/hospital organizations and regional partnerships are used as examples of strategies available to rural providers. The importance of market knowledge and regional strategic alliances also is stressed. In an era of dwindling resources and tight reimbursement, rural providers are encouraged to consider cooperative clinical programming and technology consolidation.

Comprehensive Health Care↗
PubMed1988

Screening for psychosocial dysfunction in economically disadvantaged and minority group children: further validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist.

This study assessed the validity and reliability of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) for screening lower-middle-class and minority group children. PSCs were collected from parents of 300 pediatric outpatients aged six to 12 years and 48 of these children and their parents were interviewed in depth. The rate of positive screening was higher for poorer children. Comprehensive interview evaluations and statistical indices suggested that this higher rate was valid.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1986

The Pain Behaviour Checklist: factor analysis and validation.

A factor analysis was performed on Philips & Hunter's (1981) Pain Behaviour Checklist for headache sufferers. Three intuitively meaningful factors emerged. All were similarly associated with overall intensity; pain severity does not determine type of pain behaviour. Differences in pain behaviour emerged between migraine and tension headache groups.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Steroid prescribing for asthmatics: relationship with Asthma Symptom Checklist and Living with Asthma Questionnaire.

Psychosocial consequences of asthma were assessed for 42 patients attending an out-patient clinic using the Asthma Symptom Checklist (ASC), a five-dimensional scale of experience during asthma attacks, and the Living with Asthma Questionnaire (LWAQ), a unidimensional scale of experience between attacks. Although all subscales of the ASC and the LWAQ correlated with the physician's prescription of steroids, multiple regression showed that 32 per cent of the prescription decision variance was accounted for by two dimensions of the ASC, panic-fear and irritability. The LWAQ did not explain additional prescription variance, indicating that the physician's decisions were influenced by psychological reactions during asthma attacks rather than between attacks. Prescription decisions were not influenced by clinic-measured respiratory function. The results show some differences with previous studies; implications for patient management are discussed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1983

Measurement of stress and arousal: validation of the stress/arousal adjective checklist.

It is suggested that, although often confounded, the mood states of stress and arousal may be independent, and that they may have different psychological consequences. The present investigation demonstrated the ability of a stress/arousal adjective checklist to differentiate between groups of people subject to different potentially stressful situations. The results are interpreted as suggesting that two distinct responses to a perceived demand are possible. Elevated arousal is associated with a coping response, whilst elevated stress appears to indicate the presence of fear or doubts about coping.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed1994

Checklists for review articles.

Preparing a review entails many judgments. The focus of the review must be decided. Studies that are relevant to the focus of the review must be identified, selected for inclusion and critically appraised. Information must be collected and synthesised from the relevant studies, and conclusions must be drawn. Checklists can help prevent important errors in this process. Reviewers, editors, content experts, and users of reviews all have a role to play in improving the quality of published reviews and promoting the appropriate use of reviews by decisionmakers. It is essential that both providers and users appraise the validity of review articles.

Data Interpretation, Statistical↗
PubMed1995

A measurement of social support in epidemiological research: the social experiences checklist tested in a general population in The Netherlands.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine in a general population the psychometric qualities of an instrument designed to measure positive and negative social experiences that had been developed in a clinical setting. DESIGN: The Netherlands monitoring project on cardiovascular disease risk factors, a large scale population based study (comprising 36,588 men and women aged 20 to 59 years) carried out in three Dutch towns (Amsterdam, Doetinchem, and Maastricht) offered the possibility of testing the strength of this instrument cross sectionally. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The social experiences checklist (SEC) which resulted from a research project on the quality of life of cancer patients was used. The independence of positive and negative experiences was confirmed. The reliability of both the positive and negative experiences dimension was good (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82 and 0.72 respectively). In accordance with the results of a study on cancer patients, the theoretically derived four dimensions in the experience of social support did not seem to be independent. The validity of the SEC was confirmed by Pearson correlations with neuroticism and coping styles. Neuroticism seemed to be negatively correlated with positive social experiences and was positively correlated with negative social experiences. The coping style of seeking information and direct action was positively correlated with positive social experiences. Coping by withdrawal was negatively correlated with negative social experiences. Women and highly educated people seemed to have more positive and fewer negative social experiences than men and people with less education. Younger people had more positive social experiences than older people. The oldest group in the study, those aged 50 to 59, reported fewer negative social experiences than any other age group. CONCLUSIONS: Similar results were found in a study of cancer patients. This underlines the usefulness of the instrument not only for cancer patients but also in survey research in a general population.

Adaptation, Psychological↗