Validity of the World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) Screener in a representative sample of health plan members

Ronald C. Kessler; Lenard A. Adler; Michael J. Gruber; Chaitanya A. Sarawate; Thomas Spencer; David L. Van Brunt

doi:10.1002/mpr.208

journal article May 14, 2007

Validity of the World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) Screener in a representative sample of health plan members

Ronald C. Kessler

Lenard A. Adler Michael J. Gruber Chaitanya A. Sarawate Thomas Spencer David L. Van Brunt

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research Vol. 16 No. 2 pp. 52-65 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe validity of the six‐question World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) Screener was assessed in a sample of subscribers to a large health plan in the US. A convenience subsample of 668 subscribers was administered the ASRS Screener twice to assess test‐retest reliability and then a third time in conjunction with a clinical interviewer for DSM‐IV adult ADHD. The data were weighted to adjust for discrepancies between the sample and the population on socio‐demographics and past medical claims. Internal consistency reliability of the continuous ASRS Screener was in the range 0.63–0.72 and test‐retest reliability (Pearson correlations) in the range 0.58–0.77. A four‐category version The ASRS Screener had strong concordance with clinician diagnoses, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.90. The brevity and ability to discriminate DSM‐IV cases from non‐cases make the six‐question ASRS Screener attractive for use both in community epidemiological surveys and in clinical outreach and case‐finding initiatives. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Published: May 14, 2007
Vol/Issue: 16(2)
Pages: 52-65
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Ronald C. Kessler

Dr. Costello is with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (e-mail: ). Ms. He is with the Division of Intramural Research Programs and Dr. Merikangas is with the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, both at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Sampson and Dr. Kessler are with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Chaitanya A. Sarawate

Cite This Article

Ronald C. Kessler, Lenard A. Adler, Michael J. Gruber, et al. (2007). Validity of the World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) Screener in a representative sample of health plan members. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 16(2), 52-65. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.208

Validity of the World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) Screener in a representative sample of health plan members

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