Table 2.
Reasons for exclusion (A), and statistical comparison of clinical and other characteristics of included and excluded participants (B)
| A) Reasons for exclusion | ||||||
| Withdrew from the study after 1stsession | Covid-19 related issues |
EEG attempted but unsuccessful |
Noisy EEG data | Still in intervention | ||
| N= 61 | 8 (13.1%) | 13 (21.3%) | 31 (50.8%) | 7 (11.5%) | 2 (3.3%) | |
| B) Age, Sex and cognitive scores | ||||||
| Age | Sex | IQ (Full scale) | IQ (Verbal) | IQ (Non-verbal) | ADOS severity | |
| Included in analysis (N= 33) | 7.54 ± 1 [6.1–9.4] |
29(M) 4 (F) |
92.9 ± 16 [58–131] | 90.4 ± 20 [56–130] | 95.5 ± 16 [64–128] | 7.78 ± 1.5 [5–10] |
|
Excluded from analysis (N= 61) |
7.46 ± 1 [6–9.5] |
50 (M) 11 (F) |
83.8 ± 19 [50–124] | 75.9 ± 22 [45–128] | 92.5 ± 19 [56–143] | 8.1 ± 1.7 [3–10] |
|
Difference (two sampleTtest) |
t-stat = 0.1 df = 92 p = 0.87 |
χ2stat = 0.56 p = 0.45 |
t-stat = 2.6 df = 92 p = 0.01 |
t-stat = 3 df = 92 p = 0.003 |
t-stat = 0.8 df = 92 p = 0.42 |
t-stat = 0.4 df = 92 p = 0.63 |