Table 6.

Comparisons of scores on the childhood autism rating scale and the Gesell developmental schedules between two groups before the intervention and at the follow-up, mean ± SD

Variable		Experimental group (n = 24)	Control group (n = 19)	t	P value
GDS
Adaptability	Pre-intervention	70.67 ± 17.75	73.74 ± 16.19	0.585	0.562
	Post-intervention	75.88 ± 20.14	78.74 ± 14.79	0.518	0.607
	t/P value	-1.403/0.174	-1.485/0.155
Gross motor skills	Pre-intervention	79.88 ± 16.00	80.11 ± 15.61	0.047	0.962
	Post-intervention	82.17 ± 16.45	79.21 ± 13.84	-0.627	0.534
	t/P value	-0.792/0.436	0.516/0.612
Fine motor skills	Pre-intervention	77.79 ± 16.14	75.21 ± 14.97	-0.537	0.594
	Post-intervention	83.17 ± 21.60	78.16 ± 14.26	-0.871	0.389
	t/P value	-1.411/0.172	-0.923/0.368
Language	Pre-intervention	51.25 ± 21.27	46.00 ± 14.89	-0.950	0.348
	Post-intervention	59.33 ± 23.38	60.16 ± 18.15	0.126	0.900
	t/P value	-1.745/0.094	-4.453/< 0.001b
Personal-social behavior	Pre-intervention	61.25 ± 14.189	57.84 ± 12.668	-0.819	0.417
	Post-intervention	68.88 ± 19.447	63.00 ± 13.772	0.146	0.272
	t/P value	-1.758/0.092	-1.665/0.113
CARS	Pre-intervention	34.17 ± 5.895	35.16 ± 6.930	0.507	0.615
	Post-intervention	30.54 ± 7.437	33.05 ± 6.980	1.129	0.265
	t/P value	2.476/0.021a	1.284/0.216

^a P < 0.05.

^b P < 0.01.

CARS: Childhood autism rating scale; GDS: Gesell developmental schedules