Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, RN Macedonia.
University Children's Hospital, Skopje, RN Macedonia.
Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2021 Apr 23;42(1):67-75. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2021-0005.
Having in mind the rising rates of the incidence for autism worldwide, the early diagnosis of this neuro-developmental disorder is of the high priority. For that purpose, several checklists have been constructed and used. Nevertheless, there are no universal and uniform criteria for assessing and diagnosing autism, and even if there existed, not every country has the resources to manage such an assessment for diagnosis.A recently validated, revised version of the M-CHAT, the M-CHAT-Revised with Follow up (M-CHAT-R/F) has demonstrated strong psychometric properties.The aim of this article is to discuss our results obtained with M-CHAT-R applied in a sample of 131 children aged 31,9 ±9,4 months, recruited for diagnosis and treatment at the University Children's Hospital in Skopje.Our results confirmed that for screening the use of M-CHAT-R/F is currently the very exact instrument which allows the early suspicion, but also possible follow up the symptoms of this disorder. Additionally, we showed the significant negative correlation between age and scores obtained on the checklist.
考虑到自闭症在全球的发病率不断上升，这种神经发育障碍的早期诊断至关重要。为此，已经构建并使用了多个检查表。然而，目前还没有评估和诊断自闭症的通用和统一标准，即使存在这样的标准，也不是每个国家都有资源来进行这种评估和诊断。最近经过验证的 M-CHAT 修订版，即 M-CHAT-R/F，具有很强的心理测量学特性。本文旨在讨论我们在斯科普里大学儿童医院招募的 131 名年龄为 31.9±9.4 个月的儿童中应用 M-CHAT-R 获得的结果。我们的结果证实，对于筛查，M-CHAT-R/F 的使用目前是非常准确的工具，可以早期怀疑，但也可以跟踪这种疾病的症状。此外，我们还表明，检查表得分与年龄之间存在显著负相关。
