The estimated prevalence of autism in school-aged children living in rural nepal using a population-based screening tool

Michelle Heys; Felicity Gibbons; Ed Haworth; Emilie Medeiros; Kirti Man Tumbahangphe; Mary Wickenden; Merina Shrestha; Anthony Costello; Dharma Manandhar; Elizabeth Pellicano

doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3610-1

The estimated prevalence of autism in school-aged children living in rural nepal using a population-based screening tool

Michelle Heys^*, Felicity Gibbons, Ed Haworth, Emilie Medeiros, Kirti Man Tumbahangphe, Mary Wickenden, Merina Shrestha, Anthony Costello, Dharma Manandhar, Elizabeth Pellicano

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Abstract

Few data exist on the prevalence of autism in low-income countries. We translated, adapted and tested the acceptability of a Nepali-language version of a screening tool for autism (Autism Quotient-10). Using this tool, we estimated autism prevalence in 4098 rural Nepali children aged 9–13 years. Fourteen children scored > 6 out of 10, indicative of elevated autistic symptomatology, of which 13 also screened positive for disability. If the AQ-10 screening tool is as sensitive and specific in the Nepali population as it is in the UK, this would yield an estimated true prevalence of 3 in 1000 (95% confidence interval 2–5 in 1000). Future research is required to validate this tool through in-depth assessments of high-scoring children.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3483–3498
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	48
Issue number	10
Early online date	31 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3610-1
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018

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Heys, M., Gibbons, F., Haworth, E., Medeiros, E., Tumbahangphe, K. M., Wickenden, M., Shrestha, M., Costello, A., Manandhar, D., & Pellicano, E. (2018). The estimated prevalence of autism in school-aged children living in rural nepal using a population-based screening tool. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(10), 3483–3498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3610-1

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