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Table 3 Median values of the OSS-cam scale for parents' satisfaction.

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

Domains (score 1 to 10)

1 year

2 year

Wilcoxon paired test

ICC

Items (score 1 to 6)

Median (1st- 3rdquartile)

Median (1st- 3rdquartile)

  

Service accessibility

8.0 (7.0 - 8.0)

8.0 (6.0 - 8.0)

p = 0.91

0.85

Route (distance, trip)

4.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

3.5 (3.0 - 4.5)

  

Administrative procedures

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (3.0 - 5.0)

  

Parking facilities

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 5.5)

  

Waiting room (comfort, cleanness)

5.0 (5.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 5.0)

  

Access for persons with disability

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.5 (4.0 - 5.5)

  

Information about waiting lists

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 5.0)

  

Service environment

8.0 (7.0 - 9.0)

8.0 (7.0 - 9.5)

p = 0.90

0.81

Areas and furniture

5.0 (4.5 - 5.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 5.5)

  

Playrooms and games

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.5 (4.0 - 5.5)

  

Calmness and silence

5.0 (5.0 - 5.0)

4.0 (3.0 - 5.0)

  

Materials and tools for treatment

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

6.0 (5.5 - 6.0)

  

No smoking observance

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Cleanness

5.0 (5.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (5.0 - 5.5)

  

Working style of the operators

9.0 (8.0 - 10.0)

9.0 (8.0 - 9.5)

p = 0.88

0.88

Simple language (no technical jargon)

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

On time at appointments

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 6.0)

  

Client privacy

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.5 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Listening habits

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.5 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Expertise and professional skills

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Operator-participant relationship

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Kindness

6.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Service organisation

8.0 (7.0 - 9.0)

8.0 (7.0 - 9.0)

p = 0.95

0.86

Opening time

5.0 (5.0 - 5.0)

4.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

  

Information about participant rights

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 6.0)

  

Team cooperation

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

4.5 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Support to the participant's school team

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

4.5 (4.5 - 5.5)

  

Information exchange with other personnel

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Shortness of waiting times

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

  

Family participation

8.0 (7.0 - 9.0)

8.5 (7.5 - 9.5)

p = 0.86

0.91

Information about the participant's clinical status

5.0 (4.5 - 5.5)

5.0 (4.5 - 5.5)

  

Involvement in operators/school meetings

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.5 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Information about the intervention

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Involvement in operators/health system relations

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Feeling of having a say in the matter

5.0 (4.0 - 5.0)

5.5 (4.0 - 5.5)

  

Information about prognosis

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.0 - 6.0)

  

Intervention outcome

8.0 (8.0 - 10.0)

8.0 (8.0 - 9.5)

p = 0.90

0.87

Service help to participant in facing daily problems

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (5.0 - 5.5)

  

Feeling confident about "what to do"

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Service help to participant's quality of life

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

  

Feeling of not being alone

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

5.0 (4.5 - 6.0)

  

Service help to family in coping with problems

5.0 (5.0 - 6.0)

4.5 (4.0 - 5.5)

  

Final remarks

    

(1) personal experience with the service

8.0 (8.0 - 10.0)

8.5 (8.0 - 10.0)

p = 0.96

0.88

(2) will suggest the service to other families

10.0 (9.0 - 10.0)

10.0 (9.0 - 10.0)

p = 0.92

0.81

(3) expectations have been fullfilled

9.0 (8.0 - 10.0)

8.5 (8.0 - 9.5)

p = 0.81

0.82

  1. Scores for domains range from 1 to 10 (numeric ordinal scale). Scores for items range from 1 to 6 (ordinal scale: 1 = bad; 2 = poor; 3 = insufficient; 4 = sufficient; 5 = good; 6 = excellent.