title: Brief report: telephone administration of the autism diagnostic interview--revised: reliability and suitability for use in research.
abstract: The Autism Diagnostic Interview--revised is one of the "gold standard" diagnostic tools for autism spectrum disorders. It is traditionally administered face-to-face. Cost and geographical concerns constrain the employment of the ADI-R for large-scale research projects. The telephone interview is a reasonable alternative, but has not yet been examined for reliability with face-to-face administration. In this study, participants were interviewed both face-to-face and on the telephone using the complete ADI-R interview. Results indicate that there was no significant difference between the algorithm scores or the diagnoses arrived at for face-to-face and telephone administrations. Reliability statistics across the two modalities were very good and indicate that telephone interviews using the ADI-R are a viable option for researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7M 8A6, Canada.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ward-King
authors.forename: Ira L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Henderika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Penning
authors.forename: Jeanette J A
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult