title: Serbian Language version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Assessment of Reliability.
abstract: Early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has proven to be of high significance, however there is a limited availability of ASD screening tools in Serbian language. In this study we aim to translate, assess reliability and, in part, test the applicability of Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT R/F) in Serbian Healthcare environment. We screened 128 children in three primary healthcare centres and 20 children in a tertiary psychiatric center, using M-CHAT R/F translated into Serbian language, between December 2014 and October 2015. At the end of the screening process 80% of participants in the risk group screened positive for ASD, while in the control group 4 (3.1%) participants screened positive, with a mean total scores of 8.25 and 0.66 respectively. The Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.91 and Guttman's λ6 was 0.93. Test - retest reliability was deemed as acceptable, and no significant correlation was found between M-CHAT-R/F scores and Epworth Sleepiness Scale for children scores. The Serbian version of the M-CHAT-R/F has shown satisfactory reliability. We can therefore assert that it is a reliable tool for identifying ASD and it can be used in clinical practice to improve early detection, assessment and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of special education and rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Visokog Stevana 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carakovac
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jovanovic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalanj
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Olivera
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aleksic-Hil
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 466-8550, Japan.|Office on international affairs, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aleksic
authors.affiliation: Office on international affairs, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Itzel Bustos
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Villalobos
authors.affiliation: Office on international affairs, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.affiliation: Office on international affairs, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.|School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.|Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Knez Mihailova 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dusica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lecic-Tosevski
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Palmoticeva 37, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.|School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pejovic-Milovancevic
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D055771:Serbia