Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Treatment Adherence for Total Group and Subgroups of Participants based on Individual Characteristics and Results of Exploratory Analyses.
| Total group | Descriptive Statistics | Treatment Adherence | |||
| M (SD) | N (% of Total) | M (SD) | H (df) | p | |
| 25 | 85.5% (17.5) | ||||
| Age | 6.2 (1.3) | 0.04 (1) | .835 | ||
| Preschool | 8 (32.0%) | 91.1% (10.5) | |||
| School-aged | 17 (68.0%) | 86.2% (15.4) | |||
| Gender | 0.39 (1) | .532 | |||
| Male | 20 (80.0%) | 89.2% (12.6) | |||
| Female | 5 (20.0%) | 81.1% (19.4) | |||
| Total IQ | 101.8 (14.2) | 0.59 (2) | .743 | ||
| Below average | 3 (12.0%) | 86.8% (11.9) | |||
| Average | 14 (56.0%) | 88.8% (13.9) | |||
| Above average | 6 (24.0%) | 84.5% (17.7) | |||
| Missing | 2 (8.0%) | ||||
| ADOS severity | 6.0 (1.5) | 3.68 (2) | .159 | ||
| Low | 3 (12.0%) | 83.3% (28.9) | |||
| Moderate | 17 (68.0%) | 85.5% (12.5) | |||
| Severe | 5 (20.0%) | 95.6% (6.5) | |||
| Psychiatric comorbidity | 1.80 (2) | .407 | |||
| AD(H)D | 3 (12.0%) | 92.9% (7.1) | |||
| Other | 2 (8.0%) | 96.2% (5.4) | |||
| None | 20 (80.0%) | 85.6% (15.4) | |||
Note. AD(H)D = attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, ADOS = autism diagnostic observation schedule, df = degrees of freedom, H = test statistic resulting from Kruskal-Wallis test, IQ = intelligence quotient, M = mean, N = number of participants, p = p-value, SD = standard deviation.