Evidence-Based Assessment in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

Measurement Issues: The measurement of obsessive compulsive disorder in children and young people in clinical practice

“…A recent review (Iniesta‐Sepúlveda et al., ) categorised measures according to criteria defining ‘Evidence‐Based Assessments’ (Cohen et al., ). The authors categorised measures as either ‘well established’ (reliability and validity demonstrated in at least two published studies by two research teams), ‘approaching well established’ (reliability and validity demonstrated in at least two published studies by one research team or two research teams published studies offering mixed psychometric results), ‘promising assessment’ (reliability and validity have been demonstrated in at least one published study) or ‘insufficiently tested’.…”

“…There are several comprehensive reviews of measurement tools for OCD in young people (e.g. Grabill et al., ; Iniesta‐Sepúlveda, Rosa‐Alcázar, Rosa‐Alcázar, & Storch, ; King & Scahill, ; Langley, Bergman, & Piacentini, ; Lewin & Piacentini, ; Lewin, Storch, Adkins, Murphy, & Geffken, ; Merlo, Storch, Murphy, Goodman, & Geffken, ) focused mainly on studies in the United States. These reviews have highlighted the usefulness of such tools, but there has been a lack of focus on the practicalities of using such tools in clinical and research settings in the United Kingdom.…”

The Advantages of Parental Involvement in Cognitive‐Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Obsessive‐Compulsive Disorder: A Single‐Case Example

“…The RCADS is a validated and widely used measure with high internal consistency, which corresponds to DSM‐IV disorder classifications (Chorpita et al., ; Chorpita, Moffitt, & Gray, ; Ebesutani et al., ). The 21‐item obsessive‐compulsive inventory—child version (OCI‐CV; Foa et al., ). This scale was chosen because it is shorter than alternative established measures such as the Children's Yale‐Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY‐BOCS; Scahill et al., ), but is significantly correlated with these, and is demonstrated to be a reliable and valid measure of obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology (Foa et al., ; Iniesta‐Sepúlveda, Rosa‐Alcázar, Rosa‐Alcázar, & Storch, ; Jones et al., ). The “Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire” Parent and Child versions. These provide a brief yet reliable measure of behavior and psychopathology in children aged 4–16 (11–16 for the self‐report measure; Goodman, 1997, ; Goodman & Scott, ). A measure of the therapeutic alliance: the session rating scale Adult, completed by Susan's mother (Duncan, Miller, Sparks, Claud, et al., ), and Child, completed by Susan (Duncan, Miller, Sparks, & Johnson, ), versions.…”

“…r The 21-item obsessive-compulsive inventory-child version (OCI-CV; Foa et al, 2010). This scale was chosen because it is shorter than alternative established measures such as the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS; Scahill et al, 1997), but is significantly correlated with these, and is demonstrated to be a reliable and valid measure of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology (Foa et al, 2010; Iniesta-Sepúlveda, Rosa-Alcázar, Rosa-Alcázar, & Storch, 2014;Jones et al, 2013). r The "Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" Parent and Child versions. These provide a brief yet reliable measure of behavior and psychopathology in children aged 4-16 (11-16 for the self-report measure; Goodman, 1997Goodman, , 2001Goodman & Scott, 1999).…”

Psychometric properties of the Short Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version in a community sample of Spanish children and adolescents

“…According the review conducted by IniestaSepúlveda, Rosa-Alcázar, Rosa-Alcázar, and Storch (2014) in the field of pediatric OCD symptoms and severity exist well-established assessments, the clinical interview Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS, Scahill et al, 1997); approaching well-established assessments, the self-report Obsessive Compulsive InventoryChild Version (OCI-CV; Foa et al, 2010), and promising assessments such as the self-reports Children's Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (C-FOCI; Storch et al, 2009), the Children's Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (CHOCI; Shafran, Frampton, Heyman, Reynolds,Teachman, & Rachman, 2003). The Leyton Obsessional Inventory -Child Version (LOI-CV; Berg, Whitaker, Davies, Flament, & Rapoport, 1988) was classified as insufficiently tested.…”