@article{ref1,
title="Validation of the ask suicide-screening questions (ASQ) with youth in outpatient specialty and primary care clinics",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Aguinaldo, Laika D. and Sullivant, Shayla and Lanzillo, Elizabeth C. and Ross, Abigail and He, Jian-Ping and Bradley-Ewing, Andrea and Bridge, Jeffrey A. and Horowitz, Lisa M. and Wharff, Elizabeth A.",
volume="68",
number="",
pages="52-58",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Validate the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) with youth in outpatient specialty and primary care clinics.   METHOD: This is a cross sectional instrument validation study assessing the validity of the ASQ with respect to the standard criterion, Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ/SIQ Jr.). The sample included 515 English speaking youth ages 10-21 years old from outpatient specialty and primary care clinics. ASQ sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV/NPV), positive and negative likelihood ratios, c statistic and respective receiver operating characteristic curves were assessed.   RESULTS: A total of 335 outpatient specialty and 180 primary care clinic participants completed the study. In outpatient specialty clinics, the ASQ showed a sensitivity of 100.0% (95% CI: 80.5-100.0%), specificity of 91.2% (95% CI: 87.5-94.1%), and NPV of 100.0% (95% CI: 98.7-100.0). In the primary care clinic, the ASQ showed a sensitivity of 100.0% (95% CI: 59.0-100.0%), specificity of 87.9% (95% CI: 82.0-92.3%), and NPV of 100.0% (95% CI: 97.7-100.0). Forty-five (13.4%) outpatient specialty clinic participants and 28 (15.6%) primary care clinic participants screened positive for suicide risk on the ASQ.   CONCLUSIONS: The ASQ is a valid screening tool for identifying youth at elevated suicide risk in outpatient clinical settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.11.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.11.006"
}