Table 1.
Child characteristics and non-study services received
| OT/SI n = 17 |
Usual care n = 15 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mos) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 71.35 (14.90) | 72.33 (10.81) | t(30) = 0.21, p = 0.84 |
| Range | 56–86 | 62–83 | |
| Full scale IQ | |||
| Mean (SD) | 89.75 (18.74) | 91.86 (11.93) | t(28) = 0.36, p = 0.72 |
| Range | 59–123 | 64–109 | |
| Non-verbal IQa | |||
| Mean (SD) | 91.87 (17.48) | 95.00 (10.03) | t(28) = 0.60, p = 0.55 |
| Range | 55–119 | 31–79 | |
| Verbal IQ | |||
| Mean (SD) | 93.56 (18.33) | 93.79 (14.26) | t(28) = 0.04, p = 0.97 |
| Range | 63–135 | 69–114 | |
| ADOS autism severity score | |||
| Mean (SD) | 7.76 (1.6) | 8.40 (1.6) | t(30) = 1.09, p = 0.28 |
| Range | 5–10 | 6–10 | |
| Other services a | |||
| Total behavioral treatments (ABA home, ABA school, in hours) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 8.94 (19.38) | 23.3 (63.00) | U = 112.0, p = 0.77 |
| Median | 0 | 0 | |
| Range (hours) | 0–72 | 0–240b | |
| Frequency of children receiving | 5 | 3 | |
| Occupational therapy, school (hours) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 10.95 (14.81) | 10.78 (9.29) | U = 110.0, p = 0.50 |
| Median | 8 | 10 | |
| Range | 0–45 | 0–32 | |
| Frequency of children receiving | 8 | 12 | |
| Pharmacological treatments (f) | |||
| Not on medications | 13 | 12 | FET, p = 0.99 |
| On medications | 4 | 3 | |
| Clonadine | 1 | 0 | |
| Antidepressant | 0 | 3 | |
| Methylphenidate | 2 | 1 | |
| Adderal | 1 | 0 | |
FET fisher exact test
aOne participant randomized to treatment had a combined IQ of 65 (non-verbal IQ = 55 and a verbal IQ = 77)
bOne participant in the control group reported receiving 240 h of behavioral support in school