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. 2016 Feb;137(Suppl 2):S167–S175. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2851O

TABLE 1.

Participant Characteristics for Children Who Received FA and FCT Treatment via Different Service Delivery Models

Variables Group 1: In-Home Therapy, 1996–2009 (n = 44) Group 2: Clinic Telehealth, 2009–2012 (n = 20) Group 3: Home Telehealth, 2012–2014 (n = 30) P
Age: mean (SD), mo 48.20 (15.44) 50.30 (15.53) 52.43 (17.45) .491
 Range, mo 22–83 29–80 21–84
Gender 13 F, 31 M 1 F, 19 M 5 F, 25 M .060
Primary diagnosis, n (%)
 ASD 13 (30%)a 20 (100%)b 30 (100%)b <.001c
 Other DD 31 (70%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
ID, n (%) 42 (95%)a 10 (50%)b 15 (50%)b <.001c
Distance from Children’s Hospital
 Mean (SD), miles 67.02 (40.33)a 200.75 (95.25)b 116.23 (77.85)d <.001c
 Range, miles 3–158 39–317 3–310
Social function identified, n (%)e
 Escape 36 (82%) 13 (65%) 17 (57%) .056
 Tangible 33 (75%)a 16 (80%)ab 29 (97%)b .035c
 Attention 19 (43%)a 2 (10%)b 3 (10%)b .001c

F, female; M, male.

a

When there were significant between-group differences, groups with the same superscript in the same row did not differ from each other.

b

When there were significant between-group differences, groups with the same superscript in the same row did not differ from each other.

c

Significant differences were based on ANOVA for continuous variables and χ2 (or Fisher’s exact test for small cell sizes) for categorical variables.

d

When there were significant between-group differences, groups with the same superscript in the same row did not differ from each other.

e

Children often had >1 social function.