Autism, Therapy and COVID-19
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures and Tasks
2.2.1. ADOS 2—Toddler Module
2.2.2. ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised)
2.2.3. Vineland II (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales II, VABS-II)
2.2.4. Questionnaire
3. Procedures
4. Methods
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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T0 | T1 | |||||
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Means | SD | Means | SD | f | p | |
VABS_COM | 25.31 | 1.65 | 43.92 | 2.20 | 3999.877 | 0.000 * |
VABS_SOC | 19.24 | 4.01 | 22.28 | 2.69 | 34.912 | 0.000 * |
VABS_AUT | 13.50 | 6.15 | 19.19 | 1.24 | 72.268 | 0.000 * |
H-Q | 1.55 | 0.500 | 1.66 | 0.475 | 2.286 | 0.132 |
A-Q | 1.52 | 0.503 | 1.39 | 0.491 | 2.739 | 0.100 |
C-Q | 2.39 | 0.491 | 2.64 | 0.483 | 11.578 | 0.001 * |
R-Q | 1.54 | 0.501 | 1.70 | 0.462 | 4.633 | 0.033 |
S-Q | 1.56 | 0.499 | 1.69 | 0.467 | 2.815 | 0.095 |
T1 | T2 | |||||
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Means | SD | Means | SD | f | p | |
VABS_COM | 43.92 | 2.20 | 44.23 | 1.62 | 1.102 | 0.295 |
VABS_SOC | 22.28 | 2.69 | 22.33 | 2.67 | 0.013 | 0.911 |
VABS_AUT | 19.19 | 1.24 | 19.25 | 1.24 | 0.091 | 0.763 |
H-Q | 1.67 | 0.473 | 3.67 | 0.473 | 787.525 | 0.000 * |
A-Q | 1.39 | 0.490 | 0.83 | 0.378 | 71.268 | 0.000 * |
C-Q | 2.65 | 0.480 | 2.55 | 0.501 | 1.911 | 0.169 |
R-Q | 1.69 | 0.464 | 3.69 | 0.464 | 818.128 | 0.000 * |
S-Q | 1.69 | 0.464 | 3.69 | 0.464 | 818.128 | 0.000 * |
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Sergi, L.; Mingione, E.; Ricci, M.C.; Cavallaro, A.; Russo, F.; Corrivetti, G.; Operto, F.F.; Frolli, A. Autism, Therapy and COVID-19. Pediatr. Rep. 2021, 13, 35-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric13010005
Sergi L, Mingione E, Ricci MC, Cavallaro A, Russo F, Corrivetti G, Operto FF, Frolli A. Autism, Therapy and COVID-19. Pediatric Reports. 2021; 13(1):35-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric13010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleSergi, Luana, Emanuele Mingione, Maria Carla Ricci, Antonella Cavallaro, Ferdinando Russo, Giulio Corrivetti, Francesca Felicia Operto, and Alessandro Frolli. 2021. "Autism, Therapy and COVID-19" Pediatric Reports 13, no. 1: 35-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric13010005