Table 1.
Participant characteristics, psychiatric diagnosis and psychotropic medication
Diagnostic group | Comparison | ||||||||
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TDs-22q11DS | TDs-ASD | 22q11DS-ASD | |||||||
TDs | 22q11DS | ASD | Statistical test | p value | Statistical test | p value | Statistical test | p value | |
N | 33 | 24 | 20 | ||||||
Gender [female (%)] | 15 (45%) | 8 (50%) | 7 (35%) | χ2 = 0.848 | 0.357 | χ2 = 0.561 | 0.454 | χ2 = 0.013 | 0.908 |
Age [mean (SD)] | 18.60 (3.80) | 18.09 (4.02) | 17.43 (4.13) | t = 0.490 | 0.626 | t = 1.050 | 0.299 | t = 0.533 | 0.597 |
Full scale IQ [mean (SD)] | 109.16 (13.22) | 73.00 (16.49) | 101.75 (19.47) | t = 8.906 | 0.000 | t = 1.615 | 0.113 | t = -5.242 | 0.000 |
Psychiatric diagnosis [N (%)] | |||||||||
Simple phobia | 5 (20.83%) | 3 (15%) | |||||||
Agoraphobia | 0 | 2 (10%) | |||||||
Social phobia | 1 (4.16%) | 4 (20%) | |||||||
Generalized anxiety | 5 (20.83%) | 1 (5%) | |||||||
Attention deficit disorder | 6 (25%) | 4 (20%) | |||||||
Persistant depressive disorder | 0 | 2 (10%) | |||||||
Major depressive episode | 0 | 2 (10%) | |||||||
Psychosis | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Obsessive–compulsive disorder | 0 | 0 | |||||||
ADOS-2 module 3 (N = 7) (mean) | |||||||||
ADOS-2 total score | 11.43 | ||||||||
ADOS-2 SA score | 8.28 | ||||||||
ADOS-2 RRB score | 3.14 | ||||||||
ADOS-2 module 4 (N = 13) (mean) | |||||||||
ADOS-2 total score | 12.85 | ||||||||
ADOS-2 SA score | 9.38 | ||||||||
ADOS-2 RRB score | 3.46 | ||||||||
ADI-R (N = 9) (mean) | |||||||||
ADI-R domain A | 18 | ||||||||
ADI-R domain B | 13.33 | ||||||||
ADI-R domain C | 5.77 | ||||||||
SCQ (N = 70) (mean) | |||||||||
SCQ total score | 3.07 | 8.87 | 18.77 | ||||||
Psychotropic medication | |||||||||
Total [N(%)] | 12 (50%) | 6 (30%) | |||||||
Categories | |||||||||
Psychostimulant | 8 (33.33%) | 2 (10%) | |||||||
Antidepressants | 4 (16.66%) | 1 (5%) | |||||||
Neuroleptics | 4 (16.66%) | 2 (10%) | |||||||
Antiepilecptics | 2 (8.33%) | 0 | |||||||
Anxiolytics | 2 (8.33%) | 1 (5%) |
Significant p-values at the 0.05 level are displayed in bold
TDs had been screened for psychiatric diagnostics conforming to our exclusion criterias