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. 2022 Mar 10;19(6):3259. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063259

Table 1.

Service changes for children with developmental disabilities before and after the pandemic outbreak (n = 101).

Variable Pre Pandemic Outbreak
(%)
Post Pandemic Outbreak
(%)
McNemar’s Test a p-Value
Service Structure Transition
Receiving special education services 64 60 0.73 0.39
Receiving other services
In-person treatment services 72 7 66 <0.001
Telehealth treatment services 3 43 40 <0.001
Both telehealth and in-person services 6 18 7.2 0.007
No services 19 33 12.25 <0.001
Service Loss in Amount and Duration due to the Pandemic Outbreak
Service loss amount %
Has reduced greatly 29
Has reduced moderately 36
Has been similar 28
Has increased moderately 8
Service loss duration
No service lost 24
Losing service less than 2 months 27
Losing services more than 2 months 33
No services prior to the pandemic 17

Note. a Because the comparisons based on the pre- and post- pandemic outbreak were within the same group, McNemar’s tests were used to account for potential variability correlation.