TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Validation of the ask suicide-screening questions (ASQ) with youth in outpatient specialty and primary care clinics
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - Aguinaldo, Laika D.
A1  - Sullivant, Shayla
A1  - Lanzillo, Elizabeth C.
A1  - Ross, Abigail
A1  - He, Jian-Ping
A1  - Bradley-Ewing, Andrea
A1  - Bridge, Jeffrey A.
A1  - Horowitz, Lisa M.
A1  - Wharff, Elizabeth A.
SP  - 52
EP  - 58
VL  - 68
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.11.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -