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Table 1 VABS scores at baseline and after one and two years of treatment.

From: Intensive intervention for children and adolescents with autism in a community setting in Italy: a single-group longitudinal study

   

FEMALES

MALES

 

TIME

ALL PARTICIPANTS

n = 60

mean (sd)

CHILDREN

n = 9

mean (sd)

ADOLESCENTS

n = 11

mean (sd)

CHILDREN

n = 17

mean (sd)

ADOLESCENTS

n = 23

mean (sd)

COMMUNICATION

Baseline

78.88 (9.23)

79.67 (8.64)

72.59 (9.78)

75.34 (8.02)

84.18 (7.20)

 

Year1

80.32; (9.37)

80.17 (8.25)

70.40 (7.97)

81.42 (8.71)

84.31 (7.75)

 

Year2

84.00 (9.77)

84.06 (10.18)

73.23 (8.64)

87.02 (8.15)

87.93 (7.44)

ANOVA REPEATED

F; Prob > F

 

66.37; 0.0000

15.2; 0.002

7.32; 0.0041

124.16; 0.0000

68.41; 0.0000

  

ICC = 0.92

    

DAILY LIVING

Baseline

78.7 (8.33)

78.22 (6.34)

80.77 (8.64)

75.05 (7.95)

80.66 (8.66)

 

Year1

83.52 (8.98)

77.37 (6.71)

78.21 (9.27)

86.07 (8.15)

86.57 (8.26)

 

Year2

87.04 (8.61)

77.46 (5.21)

87.08 (8.38)

89.87 (6.62)

88.67 (8.87)

ANOVA REPEATED

F; Prob > F

 

77.72; 0.0000

0.64; 0.5415

37.67; 0.0000

401.42; 0.0000

114.89; 0.0000

  

ICC = 0.82

    

SOCIALIZATION

Baseline

72.89 (9.08)

62.50 (7.75)

68.18 (8.82)

77.45 (7.48)

75.84 (6.53)

 

Year1

74.76 (9.23)

68.36 (6.41)

73.04 (8.99)

75.41 (10.65)

77.60 (8.20)

 

Year2

79.20 (9.39)

68.86 (8.31)

75.60 (8.02)

81.59 (6.58)

83.20 (8.92)

ANOVA REPEATED

F; Prob > F

 

72.03; 0.0000

25.16; 0.0000

21.23; 0.0000

21.64; 0.0000

55.09; 0.0000

  

ICC = 0.90

    

MOTOR SKILLS

Baseline

91.09 (11.26)

74.88 (8.39)

74.88 (8.39)

96.15 (7.01)

94.93 (9.57)

 

Year1

93.94 (9.41)

84.07 (7.80)

84.07 (7.80)

95.62 (6.41)

99.41 (8.80)

 

Year2

98.91 (10.25)

85.16 (6.37)

85.16 (6.37)

104.07 (7.74)

102.42 (8.39)

ANOVA REPEATED

F; Prob > F

 

136.15; 0.0000

126.92; 0.0000

29.54; 0.0000

175.47; 0.0000

85.49; 0.0000

  

ICC = 0.94

    
  1. P-values refer to ANOVA for repeated measures. ICC=intraclass correlation coefficient