Table 2.
Mental health outcomes in a hospital-based population of children prenatally exposed to substances, compared with a reference group.
| Exposed group (n = 57) |
Reference group (n = 171) |
t | P | d a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| SNAP Combined | 19.65 (9.06) | 4.13 (5.37) | 12.22 | * | 2.08 |
| SNAP Inattention | 10.79 (4.63) | 2.72 (3.49) | 12.05 | * | 1.97 |
| SNAP Hyperactivity/impulsivity | 8.86 (5.26) | 1.42 (2.41) | 10.31 | * | 1.82 |
| ASSQ total | 14.00 (7.98) | 3.57 (4.51) | 9.36 | * | 1.61 |
| ASSQ Social difficulties | 7.74 (4.99) | 1.47 (2.61) | 9.07 | * | 1.57 |
| ASSQ Motor/tics/OCD | 2.37 (2.22) | 0.36 (1.06) | 6.59 | * | 1.16 |
| ASSQ Autistic style | 3.89 (2.65) | 1.83 (2.06) | 5.37 | * | 0.87 |
Abbreviations: ASSQ, Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire; OCD, obsessive–compulsive disorder; SD, standard deviation; SNAP, Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Questionnaire, revision IV (SNAP-IV).
a
d: Cohen’s d; t-test is corrected when Levene’s test shows unequal variances.
*
P < .001.