Systematic review of assessment tools of anxiety for children with autism spectrum disorder

LYU Ping-ping; CUI Nai-xue; HAN Jing; HU Meng-zhu; YUE Lei; SHAN Ru-jie

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0271

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2022, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (12) : 1358-1363. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0271

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Systematic review of assessment tools of anxiety for children with autism spectrum disorder

LYU Ping-ping, CUI Nai-xue, HAN Jing, HU Meng-zhu, YUE Lei, SHAN Ru-jie

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Objective To systematically evaluate the anxiety assessment tools for children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) at home and abroad, in order to provide evidence for practice and research in this field. Methods Eleven electronic databases were searched. Studies on the development of anxiety assessment tools and/or the testing of psychometric properties for children with ASD were included and evaluated according to the COSMIN standards. Results A total of 31 articles in English language that appraised 16 anxiety assessment tools for ASD children were yielded and included in the systematic review. Among the 16 tools, ten were developed for typically developed children, five were specifically adapted for children with ASD, and one was developed to measure the anxiety of both typically developed children and ASD children. The Anxiety Scale for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC-ASD) demonstrated the best psychometric properties. Conclusions Among the tools in English, ASC-ASD is the most recommended anxiety assessment tool for children with ASD. To our best knowledge, the Chinese version of ASC-ASD is still not found, which can be prioritized for translation and validation.

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autism spectrum disorder / anxiety / assessment tools / systematic review / The Anxiety Scale for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC-ASD)

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LYU Ping-ping, CUI Nai-xue, HAN Jing, HU Meng-zhu, YUE Lei, SHAN Ru-jie. Systematic review of assessment tools of anxiety for children with autism spectrum disorder[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2022, 30(12): 1358-1363 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0271

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