Psychiatric classification using the PAS-ADD checklist
| PAS-ADD Checklist | This sample* | Comparison sample I† | Comparison sample II** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-cases n (%) | Cases n (%) | Non-cases n (%) | Cases n (%) | Non-cases n (%) | Cases n (%) | |
| *n = 182 (four missing cases, Scottish sample of adults with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities); †n = 178 (community health survey sample of adults with intellectual disabilities; Moss, personal communication); ‡total community comparison sample; §comparison sample with no epilepsy; ¶comparison sample with epilepsy; **n = 127 (Roy et al., 1997; community sample using intellectual disability services and on multiagency register33) | ||||||
| Score 1: possible affective or neurotic disorder | 130 (71.4) | 52 (28.6) | 157 (88.2)‡ | 21 (11.8)‡ | 103 (81.1)‡ | 24 (18.9)‡ |
| 125 (89.9)§ | 14 (10.1)§ | |||||
| 32 (82.0)¶ | 7 (18.0)¶ | |||||
| Score 2: possible organic condition | 169 (92.9) | 13 (7.1) | 171 (96.1)‡ | 7 (3.9)‡ | 122 (96.0)‡ | 5 (4.0)‡ |
| 133 (95.7)§ | 6 (4.3)§ | |||||
| 38 (97.4)¶ | 1 (2.6)¶ | |||||
| Score 3: possible psychotic disorder | 163 (89.6) | 19 (10.4) | 156 (87.6)‡ | 22 (12.4)‡ | 97 (76.4)‡ | 30 (23.6)‡ |
| 122 (87.8)§ | 17 (12.2)§ | |||||
| 34 (87.2)¶ | 5 (12.8)¶ | |||||
| Merged score: at least one possible disorder | 122 (67.0) | 60 (33.0) | 145 (81.5)‡ | 33 (18.5)‡ | 85 (67.0)‡ | 42 (33.0)‡ |
| 117 (84.2)§ | 22 (15.8)§ | |||||
| 28 (71.8)¶ | 11 (28.2)¶ | |||||