Table 2. Comparative analysis between maternal burden, ABC indexes and children's auditory and expressive vocabulary, in the two moments of the study.

		Pre	Post	T-paired test or Wilcoxon (p)	Results
Overload	Average	43.0	39.0
	Median	41.0	40.0	0.224	Pre = Post
	Standard deviation	13.0	12.1
	N	20	20
ABC SE	Average	13.2	9.1
	Median	13.5	9.5	0.001*	Pre > Post
	Standard deviation	4.7	4.5
	N	20	20
ABC RE	Average	22.6	17.5
	Median	22.0	18.5	<0.001*	Pre > Post
	Standard deviation	6.8	6.4
	N	20	20
ABC CO	Average	20.0	16.8
	Median	20.0	17.0	0.093*	Pre > Post
	Standard deviation	7.9	7.8
	N	20	20
ABC LG	Average	13.3	10.5
	Median	12.5	9.0	0.088	Pre = Post
	Standard deviation	4.8	4.9
	N	20	20
ABC PS	Average	16.8	10.9
	Median	18.5	10.5	<0.001*	Pre > Post
	Standard deviation	4.1	5.2
	N	20	20
ABC Total	Average	85.9	64.0
	Median	86.0	59.5	<0.001*	Pre > Post
	Standard deviation	16.8	15.0
	N	20	20
Auditory Voc	Average	3.0	7.4
	Median	0.0	0.0	0.008*	Pre < Post
	Standard deviation	8.0	12.6
	N	20	20
Expressive Voc	Average	2.7	4.2
	Median	0.0	0.0	0.018*	Pre < Post
	Standard deviation	8.8	9.5
		20	20

^*Statistical significance

Caption: ABC SE = Autism Behavior Checklist Sensory; ABC RE = Autism Behavior Checklist Relational; ABC CO = Autism Behavior Checklist Use of Body and Object; ABC LG = Autism Behavior Checklist Language; ABC PS = Autism Behavior Checklist Personal Social; Voc = Vocabulary; N = Number of children