Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Evidence Table. Therapies for children with ASD
Study
Inclusion/Exclusion Baseline
Description Intervention
Criteria/Population Measures Outcomes
Author:
Intervention:
Inclusion criteria: Social skills: Social skills:
Silva et al., 2007 Qigong Massage • Formal diagnosis of VABS socialization, VABS socializa-
Country: movements (Cignolini uncomplicated autism score, mean: tion, score, mean
US
methodology)
according to DSM-IV G1: 29.8
change:
Practice Treatment given twice • Age up to 6 years G2: 24.7
G1: 10
setting:
weekly for two 5 week • Parental commitment to Communication/ G2: 4.7
Academic periods with 5 weeks give massage every day language: G1/G2: P = 0.04
Intervention in-between by trained for 5 months and get the VABS receptive Communication/
setting:
practitioner; parent child to the clinic to get language score, language:
Clinic and home administers the same prescription from the mean:
VABS receptive
Enrollment treatment at least once doctor 20 times G1: 33.8
language score,
period:
daily for 5 months • Willingness of the parent G2: 23.6
mean change:
August 2005 Children stratified into not to try any new treat- VABS expressive G1: 8.3
Funding: 3 groups according to ments while in this study language score, G2: 10.6
Spirit Mountain Battele Developmental Exclusion criteria: mean:
G1/G2: P = NS
community fund & Inventory cognitive scores • Children with other G1: 31.5
VABS expressive
Brigid Kildare then randomly assigned neurological conditions G2: 24.4
language score,
Author industry to treatment and control such as seizures Adaptive behavior: mean change:
relationship within each cognitive
• Chronic medication
ABC score, mean: G1: 8.9
disclosures: group
Age, years (range):
G1: 71.3
G2: 6.7
NR
All children attended pre-
4.83 (3-6)
G2: 87.7
G1/G2: P = NS
Design: school classrooms 2-4 Mental age:
VABS daily living Adaptive
RCT with times/week for 2 hours at
NR
skills, mean: behavior:
continuation the Willamette Education Gender, n (%):
G1: 28.8
ABC score, mean
Note:
Service District
Male: 13 (86.7)
G2: 24.1
change:
See related Assessments:
Female: 2 (13.3)
Motor skills: G1: -13.3
papers Silva et al., Principal author provided Race/ethnicity:
VABS gross motor G2: -24.3
2008, 2009 initial evaluation of child, NR
skills score, mean: G1/G2: P = NS
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G1: 37.5
VABS daily living
Batelle Developmental
Maternal education: NR
G2: 33.4
skills, mean
Inventory
Household income: NR VABS fine motor change:
Blinded examiners Diagnostic approach: skills, mean: G1: 9.8
administered VABS and In study
G1: 36
G2: 0.9
ABC tests and parents Diagnostic tool/method:
G2: 29
G1/G2: P = 0.02
completed a sensory DSM-IV by medical
Sensory:
Motor skills:
profile questionnaire specialists
Sensory profile VABS gross
pre- and post-treatment; Diagnostic category, n score, mean: motor skills score,
exit interview with parents (%):
Total (items A-N): mean change:
administered post- Autism: 15 (100)
G1: 16.2
G1: 6.5
treatment. Several Other characteristics: G2: 15.7
G2: 0.9
treatment visits and the NR
Processing (items G1/G2: P = NS
exit interview were
A-F):
VABS fine motor
videotaped.
G1: 7.2
skills, mean
Groups:
G2: 7.1
change:
G1: Cignolini method
Modulation (items G1: 8.8
G2: controls
G-K):
G2: 7.6
Provider:
G1: 5.3
G1/G2: P = NS
Parent and trained
practitioner
Measure of treatment
fidelity reported:
NR
G2: 5
Silva et al., 2007 Co-interventions held
Behavioral/emo- Sensory:
(continued) stable during treatment:
tional abnormality Sensory profile
See inclusion criteria
(items L-N): score, mean
Concomitant therapies,
G1: 3.6
change:
n (%):
G2: 3.6
Total (items A-N):
C-250