Table 3.
Demographics, autistic traits, psychopathology and quality of life by indicated/not indicated ASD on the SRS-2 DSM-5 subscale.
| Indicated ASD | No ASD Indicated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | p-Value | |||
| BAS | 0.6 | ||||||
| Female | 19 | 82.6 | 60 | 77.9 | |||
| Male | 4 | 17.4 | 17 | 22.1 | |||
| Gender identity | 0.3 | ||||||
| Female | 4 | 17.4 | 16 | 20.8 | |||
| Male | 15 | 65.2 | 56 | 72.7 | |||
| Non-binary/agender | 2 | 8.7 | 4 | 5.2 | |||
| Other gender identity | 2 | 8.7 | 1 | 1.3 | |||
| N | M | SD | N | M | SD | ||
| Age at referral | 23 | 14.97 | 1.18 | 77 | 14.49 | 1.87 | 0.2 |
| Age at SRS-2 completion | 23 | 15.62 | 1.42 | 77 | 15.47 | 1.78 | 0.7 |
| YSR Internalising t-score | 22 | 74.00 | 13.72 | 76 | 64.99 | 12.25 | 0.004 |
| YSR Externalising t-score | 22 | 56.64 | 8.56 | 76 | 53.80 | 10.81 | 0.3 |
| YSR Total t-store | 22 | 69.09 | 12.22 | 76 | 62.68 | 10.46 | 0.01 |
| PedsQL Physical standardised score | 20 | 53.28 | 22.91 | 71 | 73.70 | 19.18 | <0.001 |
| PedsQL Emotional standardised score | 20 | 38.25 | 21.11 | 71 | 49.84 | 22.11 | 0.04 |
| PedsQL Social standardised score | 20 | 50.75 | 25.41 | 71 | 71.13 | 21.58 | 0.001 |
| PedsQL School standardised score | 20 | 44.75 | 22.39 | 70 | 57.71 | 21.14 | 0.01 |
| PedsQL Psych standardised score | 20 | 45.25 | 19.52 | 71 | 58.79 | 19.33 | 0.007 |
| PedsQL Total standardised score | 20 | 47.59 | 20.13 | 71 | 64.07 | 17.70 | 0.001 |
Note: BAS = birth-assigned sex, SRS-2 = Social Responsiveness Scale 2, YSR = Youth Self Report, PedsQL = Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory.