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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Information Communication Technology Delivered Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Living in Regional Australia.

Dave Parsons, Reinie Cordier, Hoe Lee, Torbjorn Falkmer, Sharmila Vaz

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 7 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Digital Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021
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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

5 authors.

Dave ParsonsSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia. dave.parsons@curtin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1541-0996
Reinie CordierSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9906-5300
Hoe LeeSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Torbjorn FalkmerSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Sharmila VazSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-9593

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This exploratory randomised controlled trial tested the effectiveness of a tablet-based information communication technology early intervention application to augment existing therapy with the aim of improving visual motor, imitation, language and social skills in young children with ASD who reside in regional areas. Fifty-nine participants were recruited and randomised to either a therapy-as-usual group or intervention group. With the exception of the expressive language subscale on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning, no significant between-group differences were recorded for visual motor, imitation, receptive language and social skills of participants between baseline and post-intervention. When all participants were pooled and measured over time, improvements were shown in receptive and pragmatic language and social skills; these gains were maintained, thus suggesting skill acquisition.

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CommunicationAustraliaAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolDelivery of Health CareEarly Medical InterventionFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsSocial SkillsTelemedicineEarly interventionInformation technologyParent trainingRCT design

Identifiers

PMID30209645

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