GOLIAH (Gaming Open Library for Intervention in Autism at Home): a 6-month single blind matched controlled exploratory study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

	Experimental group (N = 14)	Control group (N = 10)
	GOLIAH + TAU	TAU
Demographics
Age, mean (±SD)	6.85 (±1.34)	7.17 (±1.62)
Male–Female	14–0	10–0
Diagnosis	Autism: N = 3	Autism: N = 3
	ASD: N = 9	ASD: N = 6
	Asperger: N = 2	Asperger: N = 1
ADI-R, current, mean (±SD)
Social impairment score	14.14 (±4.58)	12.3 (±4.99)
Communication score	10 (±5.82)	8.6 (±4.5)
Repetitive interest score	4 (±2.91)	3.5 (±2.72)
Development score	3 (±1.36)	2.5 (±1.35)
Treatment as usual	As out patient: N = 12	As out patient: N = 9
	In day care hospital: N = 2	In day care hospital: N = 1
	Mean total hours: 15.3 h	Mean total hours: 16 h
TAU details, mean [range] (hours/week)
Speech therapy	0.57 [0–2]	0.57 [0–1.5]
Psychotherapy^a	0.33 [0–1.5]	0.75 [0–1.5]
Occupational therapy	0.3 [0–1]	0.2 [0–0.75]
Special education (out of school)	3.66 [0–25]	0.4 [0–4]
Help at school	10.2 [0–30]	14.7 [0–30]

ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, TAU treatment as usual, GOLIAH Gaming Open Library for Intervention for Autism at Home
^aCognitive Behaviour Therapy or Play therapy or Gestald therapy

ISSN: 1753-2000