Table 2.
Predictors of Time in ABA
| No ABA | At least 12 months of ABA |
24 months of ABA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | |
| Female gender | 2.90 | 0.98, 8.57 | 0.66 | 0.35, 1.26 | 0.77 | 0.44, 1.34 |
| Age (years) | 1.07 | 0.96, 1.19 | 0.97 | 0.90, 1.05 | 0.96 | 0.89, 1.03 |
| Race/ethnicity (reference: Hispanic) | ||||||
| White | 1.15 | 0.48, 2.75 | 1.37 | 0.72, 2.61 | 1.06 | 0.60, 1.87 |
| Other | 0.99 | 0.38, 2.58 | 0.88 | 0.47, 1.63 | 0.55 | 0.31, 0.99 |
| Commercial insurance (reference: Medi-Cal) | 1.13 | 0.51, 2.53 | 0.89 | 0.52, 1.52 | 0.82 | 0.50, 1.36 |
| Parents partnered/married | 0.31 | 0.14, 0.67 | 2.16 | 1.28, 3.66 | 1.87 | 1.13, 3.11 |
| Primary language English | 0.49 | 0.14, 1.10 | 2.91 | 1.55, 5.47 | 1.84 | 0.97, 3.51 |
| Service history | ||||||
| History Special Education | 0.74 | 0.30, 1.82 | 1.83 | 1.02, 3.30 | 1.42 | 0.84, 2.39 |
| History of ABA | 0.57 | 0.19, 1.70 | 0.92 | 0.49, 1.76 | 1.01 | 0.56, 1.81 |
| History of Occupational Therapy | 0.73 | 0.28, 1.95 | 1.24 | 0.68, 2.24 | 1.03 | 0.61, 1.75 |
| History of Speech Therapy | 0.51 | 0.20, 1.32 | 1.37 | 0.74, 2.53 | 1.37 | 0.77, 2.41 |
| Baseline functional status (reference: Low [ABC <70]) | ||||||
| Moderately low (ABC 70-85) | 1.71 | 0.43, 6.83 | 1.18 | 0.58, 2.41 | 0.19 | 0.38, 1.21 |
| Adequate or above (ABC >85) | 0.04 | 0.0, >20.0 | 1.38 | 0.24, 8.10 | 0.51 | 0.19, 2.32 |
ABC= Adaptive Behavior Composite; ABA= Applied Behavior Analysis; OR= odds ratio; 95%CI= 95% confidence interval. This table shows logistic regression models predicting length of time in ABA (no ABA; at least 12 months in ABA; at least 24 months in ABA) for a sample of 334 children referred for ABA in 2016 or later.