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. 2015 Apr-Jun;37(2):169-74.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.155616.

Assessment of severity of autism using the Indian scale for assessment of autism

Satabdi Chakraborty  1 , Pramod Thomas  2 , Triptish Bhatia  3 , Vishwajit L Nimgaonkar  4 , Smita N Deshpande  3
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Assessment of severity of autism using the Indian scale for assessment of autism

Satabdi Chakraborty et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2015 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Background: The Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism (ISAA) was developed to assess the severity of autism among Indian cases.

Aims: The present study evaluated the ISAA in relation to the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the Developmental Disability- Children Global Assessment Scale (DD-CGAS).

Materials and methods: Indian children with ICD 10 diagnoses of Autistic disorder (AD, n = 50), Intellectual Disability (ID, n = 50), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, n = 26), other psychiatric disorders (PD-N=25) and control children without psychiatric disorders (n = 65) were evaluated using the ISAA, DD-CGAS and the CARS (total n = 216).

Statistical analyses: In addition to descriptive statistics and correlation, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess whether the ISAA scores were significantly different across diagnostic groups.

Results: Total ISAA scores were significantly higher among children diagnosed with autistic disorder compared to four other diagnostic groups. Total ISAA scores were significantly correlated with CARS scores and DD-CGAS scores. Groups sub-divided on the basis of recommended ISAA cutoff points of severity showed significant differences in CARS scores.

Conclusion: The ISAA can thus be used to assess severity of AD among Indian children.

Keywords: Autism; Indian scale for assessment of autism; childhood autism rating scale; cross-cultural; developmental disability-children global assessment scale.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Comparison of CARS scores among participants classified by ISAA scores
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