Abstract
The Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) was developed primarily to provide a short and effective screening instrument to indicate possible intellectual disability amongst per-sons who come in contact with the service system. This study examined the validity of the Norwegian version of LDSQ in a sample of 35 subjects. All participants were outpatients referred for neuropsychological examinations. WAIS-III full-scale score was used for criterion validity. At a stated cut-off score of 46.6%, LDSQ showed several false negatives and false positives but no true positives. This raises the question of whether this test represents a valid screening instrument for learning disabilities in a clinical sample.
Highlights
Persons with intellectual disabilities or learning difficulties may experience challenges in daily life, including more formal situations like seeing a doctor, understanding official letters or understanding their role in society
The scatter-plot showed a weak covariance for the scores from Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) with WAIS-III
By analysing the correlation results between the LDSQ and the WAIS, we found that LDSQ did not correlate well with WAIS III, when we compared the scores from WAIS, with the scores of the LDSQ Score Verbal IQ
Summary
Persons with intellectual disabilities or learning difficulties may experience challenges in daily life, including more formal situations like seeing a doctor, understanding official letters or understanding their role in society. Persons with these problems may beat a greater risk of experiencing difficult situations, being victims of crimes and experiencing abuse [1], as well as being at risk of committing crimes. The statistical prevalence based on IQ-scores defines 2.3% of the normal population as having a mild intellectual disability (IQ below 70) or a more severe form of disability This indicates that there is a chance of meeting patients in the health system, or offenders in the legal systems, with an undiagnosed state of intellectual disability. The questionnaire can be completed in clinical interviews, by the client him or herself or by a person who knows the client well
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