| Population |
Participants with a diagnosis of ASD, regardless of age, sex, or race |
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| Intervention |
Included at least one of the eight kinds of intervention type (scalp acupuncture, body acupuncture, modern acupuncture technology, acupoint catgut embedding, cognitive behavioural therapy, the Denver model, social skills training, or early intensive behavioral intervention) |
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| Comparison |
A control group that underwent regular psychotherapy, therapy as usual, registration on a waitlist, or no intervention |
Applied specific or rarely used psychotherapy in the control group |
| Outcome |
Indexes of social function or outcomes of social function, assessed before and after treatment |
Failed to report sufficient data to calculate the mean difference (MD) or standardized mean difference (SMD) |
| Study design |
RCT |
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| Other |
Written in Chinese or English. |
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