Table 1.

Surveys results regarding the use of applied measures of ASD, background information and wellbeing in research with older autistic adults.

Domain	Measures	Survey responses	Countriesa
		Nstudies = 21	UK	NL	USA	AU
ASD traits	SRS-2	15	x		x	x
	AQ	9	x	x	x
	SCQ	5	x		x
	Other1	12	x	x	x	x
Background questions	Age (birth date)	22	x	x	x	x
	Gender (birth; identity)	22	x	x	x	x
	Age of diagnosis	20	x	x	x	x
	Living situation	19	x		x	x
	Employment status	19	x	x	x	x
	Medication use	19	x	x	x	x
	Education level	18	x	x	x	x
	Other diagnosis now or in the past	18	x	x	x	x
	Relationship status	15	x	x	x	x
	Other2	21	x	x	x	x
Well-being/Quality of Life	WHOQOL-BREF	15	x	x	x	x
	Other3	17	x	x	x	x

Notes: SRS-2: Social Responsiveness Scale–Second Edition (Constantino & Gruber, 2012; Constantino et al., 2003).

AQ: Autism Spectrum Quotient (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001).

SCQ: Social Communication Questionnaire (Rutter et al., 2003).

WHOQOL-BREF: World Health Organisation Quality of Life assessment–Short Form (WHOQOL Group, 1998).

¹TAS-20 (Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Bagby et al., 1994); SSQ (Sensory Sensitivity Questionnaire; Minshew & Hobson, 2008); IRI (Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Davis, 1983).

²Impact of ASD diagnosis, alcohol/drug use, diagnoses in family members, history of dementia/Alzheimer’s disease/Parkinson’s disease in family members, current motor coordination issues, social network/support system (e.g. Croen et al., 2015).

³PWI-A (Personal Wellbeing Index–Adult version; Cummins, 2002); WEMBS (Warwick & Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale; Tennant et al., 2007); Quality of Life Questionnaire (Schalock & Keith, 1993).

^aRespondents were from international research groups in the following countries (cities): UK (England: Cambridge; Newcastle; London); Netherlands (Amsterdam); USA (Virginia; Arizona; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin; California; Georgia; Utah; Washington State; Missouri); Australia (New South Wales; Victoria).