Table 1.
Baseline and follow-up participants by treatment group
|
Baseline |
Follow-up |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACT intervention (n=77) | Treatment as usual (n=75) | PACT intervention (n=59) | Treatment as usual (n=62) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 71 (92%) | 67 (89%) | 57 (97%) | 54 (87%) | |
| Female | 6 (8%) | 8 (11%) | 2 (3%) | 8 (13%) | |
| Age (months) | 44·7 (7·8) | 45 (8·1) | 127·3 (9·2) | 127·2 (9·9) | |
| Centre | |||||
| London | 26 (34%) | 26 (35%) | 20 (34%) | 21 (34%) | |
| Manchester | 26 (34%) | 26 (35%) | 21 (36%) | 23 (37%) | |
| Newcastle | 25 (32%) | 23 (31%) | 18 (31%) | 18 (29%) | |
| Both parents living at home? | |||||
| Yes | 60 (78%) | 57 (76%) | 48 (81%) | 47 (76%) | |
| No | 17 (22%) | 18 (24%) | 11 (19%) | 15 (24%) | |
| Parents' ethnic origin | |||||
| Both white | 46 (60%) | 41 (55%) | 34 (58%) | 35 (56%) | |
| Mixed ethnicity parents | 5 (6%) | 9 (12%) | 5 (8%) | 8 (13%) | |
| Both non-white | 26 (34%) | 25 (33%) | 20 (34%) | 19 (31%) | |
| Family size | |||||
| Other children | 1·0 (0·8) | 1·1 (1·0) | 1·1 (0·8) | 1·1 (0·9) | |
| Adults | 1·8 (0·4) | 1·8 (0·5) | 1·9 (0·4) | 1·8 (0·5) | |
| Parental education* | 65 (84%) | 47 (63%) | 52 (88%) | 39 (63%) | |
| Socioeconomic status | |||||
| Manual | 26 (34%) | 31 (41%) | 17 (29%) | 27 (44%) | |
| Professional or administrative | 51 (66%) | 44 (59%) | 42 (71%) | 35 (56%) | |
Data are mean (SD) or n (%). PACT=preschool autism communication trial.
*
Defined as one parent with qualifications after age 16 years.