Screening for the hyperkinetic disorder by using strength and difficulties questionnaire teacher-report (SDQ-TR) in Indonesia school-aged children

Abstract

The aim of the research was to examine the validity of strength and difficulties questionnaire teacher-report (SDQ-TR) to screen hyperkinetic disorder in Indonesia school-aged children. The SDQ-TR was administrated to the teacher of representative samples of 222 elementary school children (7–14 years old). The SDQ-TR hyperactivity-inattention subscale scores were compared with the clinical diagnostic classification from clinical psychologists. The validity of the screening result was analysed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC), likelihood ratio (LR) and Chi-Square. Based on the analysis of ROC and LR by using cutoff point ≥ 7, obtained prevalence of hyperkinetic disorder was equal to 34.23% with sensitivity 72.4% and specificity 73.3%. Positive and Negative LR were 2.71 and 0.38. The Chi-Square analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between clinical psychologists’ diagnosis and the SDQ-TR screening result. The study showed that SDQ-TR was a valid instrument for screen hyperkinetic disorder in Indonesia school-aged children.Keywords: Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), hyperkinetic disorder, screening instrument.