Table 2.

Summary of CARS analysis

CARS domain	Pre-treatment Mean + SD	Post-treatment Mean + SD	P value	Effect size
Relating to people	2.6 + 0.6	2.5 + 0.5	0.1	0.1
Imitation	2.5 + 0.9	2.5 + 0.7	0.5	0
Emotional response	2.8 + 0.8	2.5 + 0.8	0.05	0.2
Body use	2.3 + 0.9	2.3 + 0.8	0.5	0
Object use	2.5 + 1	2.3 + 0.9	0.05	0.2
Adaptation to change	2.4 + 0.8	2.3 + 0.9	0.2	0.1
Visual response	2.3 + 0.9	2.3 + 0.7	0.3	0.06
Listening response	2.6 + 0.7	2.5 + 0.7	0.2	0.09
Taste, smell, and touch response and use	2.3 + 0.7	2.4 + 0.9	0.4	-0.02
Fear or nervousness	2.6 + 1.0	2.3 + 0.9	0.03	0.3
Verbal communication	3.07 + 0.8	3.1 + 0.8	0.3	-0.04
Non-verbal communication	2.2 + 0.8	2.3 + 0.7	0.2	-0.01
Activity level	2.3 + 1.0	2.1 + 0.9	0.06	0.2
Level and consistency of intellectual response	2.6 + 0.8	2.3 + 0.9	0.02	0.3
General impressions	3.1 + 0.6	2.9 + 0.7	0.04	0.2
Total CARS score	38.2 + 0.3	36.6 + 0.3