The Child Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Teacher Telephone Interview (CHATTI): reliability and validity

Holmes, J., Lawson, D., Langley, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2033-2657, Fitzpatrick, H., Trumper, A., Pay, H., Harrington, R. and Thapar, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-737X 2004. The Child Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Teacher Telephone Interview (CHATTI): reliability and validity. British Journal of Psychiatry 184 (1) , pp. 74-78. 10.1192/bjp.184.1.74

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BACKGROUND: The ICD-10 and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for hyperkinetic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) require symptoms or impairment in two or more settings. Thus, information on children's symptoms in school is usually required. This paper presents the Child ADHD Teacher Telephone Interview (CHATTI), an instrument aimed at systematically obtaining this information. AIMS: To examine the stability, test-retest reliability and criterion validity of the CHATTI for children referred with a suspected diagnosis of ADHD. METHOD: Data were obtained from 79 teachers, of whom 36 were interviewed on two occasions. RESULTS: Overall, the CHATTI shows good stability, test-retest reliability and criterion validity for symptom scores. Test-retest reliability for some individual items was low. Reliability for the operationalised criteria of 'pervasiveness' (i.e. symptoms at school and home) and 'school impairment' was excellent (kappa=1). CONCLUSIONS: The CHATTI appears to be a promising tool for assessing ADHD symptoms in a school setting and could be useful in clinical as well as research settings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine Psychology Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2023 06:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81798

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