Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale
Medical diagnostics
LOINC 62750-5

The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Symptom Checklist is a self-reported questionnaire used to assist in the diagnosis of adult ADHD. The PhenX Toolkit uses ASRS as its adult protocol for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms.[1]

Background

The ASRS was developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Workgroup on Adult ADHD which included researchers from New York University Medical School and Harvard Medical School. The ASRS has eighteen questions, which are consistent with the DSM-IV[2] criteria and address ADHD symptoms in adults. The six question ASRS Screener was later developed as a subset of the WHO's eighteen question ASRS. At least one study has found that the six question ASRS Screener outperformed the eighteen question ASRS in diagnosing ADHD in the general population.[3]

ASRS has been adapted to other languages including Spanish and Chinese.[4][5] Conducted research proved that the scale is a valid and useful tool for the screening of adult ADHD.[6] The ASRS was externally validated on approximately 60 adult patients, and showed high internal consistency and high concurrent validity with the physician-administered ADHD rating system.[6]

Scoring

Each question can be answered on a five item Likert scale, based on a scale of frequency ranging from "Never" to "Very Often". Answers are scored as either positive or negative and the threshold is different for individual questions. Answers of "Never" and "Rarely" are always scored negative, answers of "Often and Very Often" are always scored positive, and answers of "Sometimes" are scored positively in only seven of the eighteen questions. Four or more positive answers in Part A is indicative of ADHD symptoms.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Protocol Overview: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms - Adult". PhenX Toolkit, Ver 19.0. RTI International. 17 January 2017.
  2. ↑ American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. pp. 85–93. OCLC 43483668.
  3. ↑ Kessler, Ronald C.; Adler, Lenard; Ames, Minnie; et al. (February 2005). "The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population". Psychological Medicine. 35 (2): 245–56. doi:10.1017/S0033291704002892. PMID 15841682. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Yeh, Chin-Bin; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Kessler, Ronald C.; Wu, Yu-Yu (March 2008). "Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the adult ADHD Self-report Scale". International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 17 (1): 45–54. doi:10.1002/mpr.241. PMID 18286465. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Ramos-Quiroga, JA; Daigre, C; Valero, S; Bosch, R; Gómez-Barros, N; Nogueira, M; Palomar, G; Roncero, C; Casas, M (1 May 2009). "Validación al español de la escala de cribado del trastorno por déficit de atención/hiperactividad en adultos (ASRS v. 1.1): una nueva estrategia de puntuación" [Validation of the Spanish version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adult screening scale (ASRS v. 1.1): a novel scoring strategy]. Revista de Neurología (in Spanish). 48 (9): 449–52. PMID 19396760.
  6. 1 2 Adler, Lenard A.; Spencer, Thomas; Faraone, Stephen V.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Howes, Mary J.; Biederman, Joseph; Secnik, Kristina (July 2006). "Validity of Pilot Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) to Rate Adult ADHD Symptoms" (pdf). Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 18 (3): 145–148. doi:10.1080/10401230600801077. PMID 16923651.
  • Online version of the ASRS v1.1
  • "Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. (Suitable for printing.)


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