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Trial reportZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2019

[Clinical effect of integrated sandplay therapy in children with Asperger syndrome].

Guo-Kai Li, Pin Ge, Gui-Hua Liu, Xin-Xin Huang, Guo-Bin Lu, Yan-Xia Wang, Qin-Fang Qian, Ping Ou, Yu-Ying Xu

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Trial report in Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guo-Kai LiDepartment of Child Healthcare Center, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China. yyxu703@163.com.
Pin Ge
Gui-Hua Liu
Xin-Xin Huang
Guo-Bin Lu
Yan-Xia Wang
Qin-Fang Qian
Ping Ou
Yu-Ying Xu
Fujian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo study the clinical effect of integrated sandplay therapy in preschool children with Asperger syndrome (AS).

methodsA total of 44 preschool children with AS were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 22 children in each group. The children in the control group were given routine training, and those in the experimental group were given integrated sandplay therapy in addition to the routine training. The treatment response was assess by the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), emotional recognition tools and changes in sandplay theme characteristics after 6 months of treatment.

resultsBefore intervention, there were no significant differences between the two groups in the total score of SRS, the score of each factor of SRS, and correct rates of facial expression recognition of the upright position, inverted position, upper face and lower face (P>0.05). After 6 months of intervention, both groups had significant reductions in the total score of SRS and the score of each factor of SRS (P<0.01); the control group had significant increases in the correct rates of facial expression recognition of all positions except the upright position (P<0.05), while the experimental group had significant increases in the correct rates of facial expression recognition of all positions (P<0.05). Compared with the control group after intervention, the experimental group had significantly lower total score of SRS and scores of all factors of SRS except social perception (P<0.01) and significantly higher correct rates of facial expression recognition of all positions (P<0.01). The experimental group had a significant change in the number of sandplay theme characteristics after intervention (P<0.01).

conclusionsIntegrated sandplay therapy can improve social responsiveness and emotion recognition ability in preschool children with AS.

Indexed as

Asperger SyndromeChild, PreschoolEmotionsFacial ExpressionHumansPlay Therapy

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PMID30907346
PMCPMC7389368
OpenAlexW2981130540

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