Table 4.
Effects of intervention on secondary outcomes 3 months post intervention (T3)
| eTAU | WHO CST | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 3-months post-intervention | Baseline | 3-months post-intervention | Mean change difference* | |||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean [95% CI] | ηp2 | p | |
| Child | |||||||||||
| MCDI Gestures | 7.15 | 3.62 | 7.96 | 3.53 | 7.26 | 9.12 | 8.85 | 8.75 | 0.82 [0.05, 1.61] | .05 | .04 |
| MCDI Expressive words | 71.26 | 116.96 | 130.76 | 154.02 | 107.14 | 142.99 | 183.20 | 159.48 | 17.4 [-21.79, 56.58] | .009 | .38 |
| MCDI Receptive words | 197,02 | 123,90 | 253,27 | 121,04 | 207,24 | 129,51 | 274,00 | 114,87 | 12,44 [-12.1, 36.98] | .01 | .32 |
| VABS ABC | 55.98 | 16.90 | 57.56 | 19.35 | 56.98 | 15.80 | 60.02 | 17.04 | 1.77 [-4.3, 7.83] | .004 | .57 |
| Primary caregiver | |||||||||||
| PSOC Total Score | 69.00 | 12.18 | 67.18 | 10.93 | 66.05 | 10.43 | 67.19 | 11.37 | 2.04 [-1.69, 5.78] | .02 | .29 |
| CSQ Total Score | 47.79 | 7.14 | 47.54 | 7.48 | 47.18 | 7.98 | 50.15 | 7.79 | 2.97 [0.36, 5.59] | .06 | .03 |
| APSI Total Score | 30.66 | 8.66 | 30.91 | 9.35 | 29.10 | 8.84 | 27.26 | 6.07 | -2.72 [-5.2, -0.23] | .05 | .03 |
ITT analysis, ANCOVA: means from baseline and follow-up, mean change difference and effect size. p-values are from the ANCOVA based on multiple imputation. A p-value < .05 was considered statistically significant
*Mean change difference 3 months post-intervention controlling for outcome measured at baseline
ANCOVA analysis of covariance, MCDI MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories, VABS CSS Vineland II Adaptive Behaviour Composite standard score, PSOC Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, Caregiver Self-efficacy Questionnaire, APSI Autism Parent Stress Index