Reliability of the KIDIES for diagnosing pervasive developmental disorder in children.
The Kiddie-Infant Descriptive Instrument for Emotional States (KIDIES), a new instrument that uses affective and behavioral dimensions for categorization, was compared with DSM-III-R criteria to assess diagnostic reliability in childhood pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). Forty-two children with PDD and other developmental disorders were evaluated. Their diagnoses were based on DSM-III-R criteria. Subjects were videotaped during interviews with three different partners and rated using the KIDIES. Cluster analysis of KIDIES ratings revealed a significant correlation with DSM-III-R diagnostic categories, demonstrating the potential reliability of the KIDIES dimensional approach for diagnosing PDD in preschoolers.
Child and Adolescent Outpatient Department, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, White Plains 10605.
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D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results