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Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019

Social skills group training in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

Vera Dekker, Maaike H Nauta, Marieke E Timmerman, Erik J Mulder, Lianne van der Veen-Mulders, Barbara J van den Hoofdakker, Sjoukje van Warners, Leonieke J J Vet, Pieter J Hoekstra, Annelies de Bildt

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Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Vera DekkerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Maaike H NautaAccare, University Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 660, 9700 AR, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marieke E TimmermanDepartment of Psychometrics and Statistics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Erik J MulderGGZ Drenthe, Center for Intellectual Disabilities and Psychiatry, Assen, The Netherlands.
Lianne van der Veen-MuldersDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Barbara J van den HoofdakkerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sjoukje van WarnersAccare, University Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 660, 9700 AR, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Leonieke J J VetDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Pieter J HoekstraDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Annelies de BildtDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. a.de.bildt@accare.nl.
University of Groningen · NLAccare · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLGGZ Drenthe · NL

Funding

ZonMw 157003005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 122 high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; 9-13 years; 19 girls), we investigated the effectiveness of a 15-session social skills group training (SST) with and without parent and teacher involvement (PTI) in a randomized controlled trial with three conditions: SST (n = 47), SST-PTI (n = 51), and care-as-usual (CAU, n = 24). Hierarchical linear modeling was used for immediate and 6-month follow-up analyses. Measures were administered before randomization (blind), post-treatment and at follow-up (not blind). Trial registration: Dutch Trial Register; http://www.trialregister.nl ; NTR2405. At post-treatment, children in both SSTs had improved significantly more than CAU on the primary outcome, Vineland Socialization (SST: Cohen's d = 0.39; 95% CI - 2.23 to 3.11 and SST-PTI: d = 0.43; 95% CI - 2.19 to 3.15) and on the secondary outcome parent-SSRS "Cooperation" (SST: d = 0.43; 95% CI - 0.23 to 1.15 and SST-PTI: d = 0.45; 95% CI - 0.21 to 1.17), with no difference between post-treatment and follow-up. Additionally, children in SST-PTI improved significantly more on the teacher-SSRS than in CAU ["Cooperation" d =0.42 (95% CI - 0.33 to 1.13); "Assertion" d =0.34 (95% CI - 0.39 to 1.11); "Self-Control" d =0.61 (95% CI - 0.08 to 1.34)] and in SST ["Cooperation" d =0.34 (95% CI - 0.37 to 1.05); "Self-Control" d =0.59 (95% CI - 0.13 to 1.32)]. The current study corroborates earlier findings in smaller samples and wider age ranges, with small but statistically significant effects of SST for high-functioning pre-adolescent children with ASD. Parental and teacher involvement intensified treatment, yet did not yield an additional effect relative to SST for children only, as reported by parents. 6 months after training, no further improvement or decline was found.

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Social SkillsAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeAutism spectrum disorderEffectivenessRandomized controlled trialSocial skills training

Identifiers

PMID30032394
PMCPMC6407743
OpenAlexW2884727883

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