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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016

Depression in Adolescents with ASD: A Pilot RCT of a Group Intervention.

Damian Santomauro, Jeanie Sheffield, Kate Sofronoff

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Meta-analysis of Psychotherapy for Autistic Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026
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  6. Guided self-help for depression in autistic adults: the ADEPT feasibility RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Damian SantomauroQueensland Centre for Mental Health Research, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Locked Bag 500, Archerfield, Brisbane, QLD, 4108, Australia. d.santomauro@uq.edu.au.
Jeanie SheffieldSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, McElwain Building, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. jeanie@psy.uq.edu.au.
Kate SofronoffSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, McElwain Building, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. kate@psy.uq.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a potentially life threatening affective disorder that is highly prevalent in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a cognitive behavioural intervention for depression in adolescents with ASD. Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group, or wait-list control group. Although recruitment was extremely difficult, attendance was favourable and attrition was low, and participants reported being satisfied with the programme. No significant treatment effect was revealed on the Beck Depression Inventory or Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. However despite the small sample size (n = 20), there was a trending treatment effect measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale: Depression Subscale. Limitations and areas of future research are discussed.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyPsychotherapy, GroupAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderCognitionDepressionEmotionsFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTheory of MindTreatment OutcomeAdolescentsAutism spectrum disordersCognitive behaviour therapyDepression

Identifiers

PMID26404701

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