Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Scale (ASRS)
摘要
Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly impairing condition. Effective treatments exist, underscoring the importance of identifying adults with ADHD. To address the need for a brief screening tool to identify adult ADHD, the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) version 1.1 was developed. The complete Adult ASRS v1.1 Symptom Checklist consists of 18 items, but analyses of community samples showed that a short screening scale with only 6 of these items (Part A of the final scale) has good accuracy in classifying individuals as meeting criteria for probable ADHD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), making it efficient to use as a brief screen in busy clinical practices. This 6-item Adult ASRS v1.1 screener is reliable, well-validated, and has been translated into more than 20 languages. The ASRS for DSM-5 (ASRS-5) screener was subsequently developed to be calibrated to DSM-5 ADHD criteria using novel machine learning methods. However, there has been less research on the psychometric properties of the ASRS-5 screener compared to the ASRS v1.1 screener, including its clinical utility as an efficient screening tool for diagnosing ADHD, the focus of the current review.