[A system of multidimensional behavior assessment. A scale for parents of children from 6 to 11 years of age. Colombian version].
BACKGROUND
Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) has demonstrated to be useful in the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).


METHODS
A randomized sample of 120 children, 6 to 11-year-old, participants from the school of the city of Medellín, Colombia, was selected. The sample was stratified by sex and two socioeconomic status (SES). Parents were asked to answer the BASC Parent Rating Scale (PRS) 6-11, authorized Spanish version.


RESULTS
Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.85 for the clinical scale (9 items). It was 0.75 for the Adaptive Scale (3 items). A scale designed with 4 items to assess ADD (hyperactivity, attention problems, aggression, and conduct problems) showed an alpha coefficient of 0.82. Male children scored significantly higher than female (ANOVA, p < 0.05) in hyperactivity, conduct problems, and atypicality. Children from low SES scored significantly higher than children of high SES on the most of clinical measures (p < 0.05) and lower on the three adaptive measures. Cluster analysis selecting six clusters found a prevalence of 61.6% for normal male children. In the total sample there were a 4% at risk of DDA type II (inattentive) and 14% at risk of DDA type I (combined).


CONCLUSIONS
BASC PRS (6-11) showed reliability and validity to assessing the behavior in Spanish speaking Colombian children.
Pineda
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Programa de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. dpineda@epm.net.co
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Restrepo
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Jiménez
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D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Sistema de evaluación multidimensional de la conducta. Escala para padres de niños de 6 a 11 años, versión colombiana.