Table 2 BSI-FASD Key Life History Domains (*) and Other Domains in participants with FASD, ADHD, alcohol/opioid dependencies (AOD), depression (DEP), and without prenatal alcohol exposure (WPAE).

From: Evaluation of the German biographic screening interview for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (BSI-FASD)

 

Red flag

FASD

Controls

ADHD

AOD

DEP

WPAE

N

 

22

15

20

18

31

Childhood history*

Yes (n)

6

0

0

2

0

 

No (n)

16

15

20

16

31

Sensitivity

 

0.27

    

Specificity

  

1.00

1.00

0.89

1.00

Versus FASD

χ2

 

4.9

6.4

1.6

9.5

 

pa

 

0.063

0.022

0.258

0.003

Maternal alcohol use*

Yes (n)

21

3

9

3

0

 

No (n)

1

12

11

15

31

Sensitivity

 

0.95

    

Specificity

  

0.80

0.55

0.83

1.00

Versus FASD

χ2

 

22.3

13.1

25.6

49.0

 

pa

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Day-to-day behaviour*

Yes (n)

17

10

8

9

1

 

No (n)

5

5

12

9

30

Sensitivity

 

0.77

    

Specificity

  

0.33

0.60

0.50

0.97

Versus FASD

χ2

 

0.5

6.0

3.2

31.5

 

pa

 

0.708

0.014

0.072

< 0.001

Education

Yes (n)

19

7

15

5

10

 

No (n)

3

8

5

13

21

Sensitivity

 

0.86

    

Specificity

  

0.53

0.25

0.72

0.68

Versus FASD

χ2

 

6.7

0.9

14.2

15.2

 

pa

 

0.025

0.445

< 0.001

< 0.001

Criminal history

Yes (n)

17

8

16

3

2

 

No (n)

5

7

4

15

29

Sensitivity

 

0.77

    

Specificity

  

0.47

0.20

0.83

0.94

Versus FASD

χ2

 

2.3

< 0.1

14.5

28.1

 

pa

 

0.164

1.000

< 0.001

< 0.001

Substance use

Yes (n)

4

2

5

1

2

 

No (n)

18

13

15

17

29

Sensitivity

 

0.18

    

Specificity

  

0.87

0.75

0.94

0.94

Versus FASD

χ2

 

0.2

0.3

1.4

1.8

 

pa

 

1.000

0.714

0.355

0.219

Employment and income

Yes (n)

15

9

17

10

8

 

No (n)

7

6

3

8

23

Sensitivity

 

0.68

    

Specificity

  

0.40

0.15

0.44

0.74

Versus FASD

χ2

 

0.3

1.6

0.7

9.4

 

pa

 

0.609

0.284

0.412

0.002

Living situation

Yes (n)

12

1

1

7

7

 

No (n)

10

14

19

11

24

Sensitivity

 

0.55

    

Specificity

  

0.93

0.95

0.61

0.77

Versus FASD

χ2

 

9.0

12.0

1.0

5.7

 

pa

 

0.003

0.001

0.324

0.017

Mental health

Yes (n)

11

5

7

9

0

 

No (n)

11

10

13

9

31

Sensitivity

 

0.50

    

Specificity

  

0.67

0.65

0.50

1.00

Versus FASD

χ2

 

1.0

1.0

0.0

19.6

 

pa

 

0.315

0.327

1.000

< 0.001

  1. The table shows absolute frequencies. P values are derived from aχ2 or Fisher tests. P < 0.05 in bold.