Healthcare professionals

Importance of screening questionnaires for healthcare professionals

In our digital era, the healthcare field is rapidly and consistently changing. The fast-paced environment puts increased pressure on professionals to keep abreast with the latest developments. In this context, professionals are required and expected to deliver cost- and time-efficient solutions when assessing, diagnosing and intervening while maintaining high quality standards, adhering to safety procedures and protecting sensitive patient data.

Screening questionnaires are one of the most essential tools in any clinician’s toolbox when aiming to accurately identify neuropsychiatric conditions/ESSENCE in a timely manner. For the past few decades, our ESSENCE screening instruments have supported clinicians worldwide in their clinical work.

Our digital ESSENCE screening questionnaires cater to a diverse range of clinical professionals, including but not limited to:

  • Psychiatrists
  • Clinical psychologists
  • Paediatricians
  • Speech and Language Pathologists
  • Physical therapists
  • Occupational therapists
  • GPs
  • Healthcare providers

Some of the benefits of utilising digital screening questionnaires for healthcare professionals

The use of digital screening questionnaires can bring significant cost savings by reducing expenses such as those associated with manual data input, paper and printing costs and storage.

Through the digitisation of questionnaires, clinicians can easily access questionnaires and data on various devices, such as smartphones, tablets and computers, regardless of their geographical location.

Digital screening questionnaires allow for the utilisation of scoring algorithms and a range of analytical tools (e.g., graphs and tables), providing clinicians with immediate feedback. They also flag areas of potential concern, ensuring easy and quick identification of ESSENCE conditions.

Digitised screening instruments allow for multimedia components and interactive functionalities to be integrated, which can lead to greater patient engagement and to patients gaining a more in-depth understanding of their own health status.

Aggregated and anonymised data derived from the outcomes of digital questionnaires help clinicians efficiently explore trends, thereby advancing scientific research and helping to reinforce public health concepts.

Digital screening instruments use high-tech features to protect sensitive research data, ensuring compliance with ethical and privacy standards.

  • ESSENCE-Q Child

    The ESSENCE-Q Child is a screening questionnaire designed for screening in health/clinical and research settings with the aim of helping child and school health staff/clinicians and researchers.

  • ESSENCE-Q Adult

    The ESSENCE-Q Adult is a screening questionnaire for adults with 12 items addressing potential concerns about problems during early development.

  • ASSQ-REV

    The ASSQ-REV was developed with a view to capturing concerns/symptoms of autism that might be more typically occurring in girls than boys. Very few studies have been performed showing that there might indeed be a few of the extra 18 items included in the ASSQ-REV as compared with the ASSQ that particularly capture the female autism phenotype.

  • SAB 0-2

    The SAB 0-2 (Symptoms of Autism Before age 2 years) is a parent/caretaker questionnaire to study the earliest symptoms and signs of autism and to find indicators that could separate autism from intellectual disability before age 2 years.

  • ASSQ

    The ASSQ (Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire) is one of the most widely used autism screening tools in the world for screening. The ASSQ consists of 27 items.

  • ASDI Teenager

    The ASDI (Autism Spectrum Diagnostic Interview) is an investigator-based interview for use by psychiatrists who want to determine in 15-20 minutes whether an individual patient is likely to meet criteria for a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome or Autism.  

  • ASDI Parent

    The ASDI (Autism Spectrum Diagnostic Interview) is an investigator-based interview intended for use by psychiatrists who want to determine in 15-20 minutes whether an individual patient is likely to meet criteria for a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome or Autism.  

  • ASDASQ

    The ASDASQ is a screening tool for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in adult psychiatric outpatients. It comprises nine symptom-oriented questions and one relating to previous contact with child psychiatry. High scores (5 or higher) suggest further evaluation for ASD, aiding in screening psychiatric populations for ASD.    

  • A-TAC

    The A-TAC (Autism-Tics, ADHD and other Comorbidities) is a telephone interview designed for the CATSS study in Sweden, aiding in screening for autism, ADHD, DCD, and learning disabilities. It is validated through interviews with parents and has specific cut-offs for various conditions.