Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
This is a single-arm clinical study. Experimental group: 50 caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorder, receiving training on how to deal with behavior related to the disorder. The traini
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Curitiba
Eligibility
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Caregivers of children between 2 and 9 years old, diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorder or autism, who had been referred for treatment at a specialized municipal outpatient clinic and whose caregiver had time to participate in the intervention for 9 weeks
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who did not show interest in participating in the program, who did not feel comfortable to carry out the training in the online modality in the second stage of the intervention, or who did not have access to the internet. Excluded those who did not remain after session 1.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome 1: expected decrease in autism symptoms in children whose family members participated in the training, verified by the autism treatment evaluation checklist scale;Outcome found 1: decrease of 14,91% of autism symptoms with a reduction of 11.3 points on the autism treatment evaluation checklist scale;Expected outcome 2: decrease in disease severity according to the clinical global impression scale;Outcome found 2: 12% reduction in mean disease severity;Expected outcome 3: improvement of specific behaviors reported by each caregiver and that were worked on in individual sessions, the so-called target behaviors.;outcome found 3: There was improvement in 70% of target behaviors, with 40.4% significantly improving | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome 4: Improved abilities and reduced difficulties through lower scores in strengths and difficulties questionnaire is expected;Outcome found 4: No significant improvement in abilities or difficulties was found by strengths and difficulties questionnaire;Expected outcome 5: Analysis of the adaptive behaviors presented by the studied population through the Vineland 3 scale.;Outcome found 5: Participating children had below-average adaptive capacity population, in particular the ability to communicate.;Expected outcome 6: evaluate which classes of symptoms responded most to the intervention based on the analysis of the sub-items of the autism treatment evaluation checklist scale;Outcome found 6: symptoms related to communication decreased by 16.4%, sensory-cognitive symptoms decreased by 15.44%. Socialization and behavioral symptoms had no statistically significant reduction. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLetícia Santos
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Outcome results
None listed