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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

Examining Trajectories of Daily Living Skills over the Preschool Years for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

B Di Rezze, E Duku, P Szatmari, J Volden, S Georgiades, L Zwaigenbaum, I M Smith, T Vaillancourt, T A Bennett, M Elsabbagh and 4 more

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Article 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 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

B Di RezzeSchool of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, McMaster University, Room 436, 1400 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada. direzzbm@mcmaster.ca.
E DukuOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
P SzatmariCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J VoldenFaculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
S GeorgiadesOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
L ZwaigenbaumDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
I M SmithIWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
T VaillancourtFaculty of Education, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
T A BennettOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
M ElsabbaghDepartment of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
A ThompsonOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
W J UngarProgram of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
C WaddellChildren's Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Pathways in ASD Study Team
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · CADalhousie University · CAMcGill University · CAMcMaster University · CASimon Fraser University · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR 70333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience slower development of daily living skills (DLS) that are essential for independent functioning compared to typically developing children. Few studies have examined the trajectories of DLS in preschoolers with ASD and the existing literature has reported conflicting results. This study examined DLS trajectories and potential covariates for preschoolers with ASD from a multi-site longitudinal study following children from diagnosis to the end of grade 1. Multi-level modeling was conducted with DLS domain scores from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2. The results demonstrated a positive trajectory of increasing scores over time, associations of age of diagnosis, developmental level, stereotypy, and language skills with the mean score at T4 or age 6 years, whereas rate of change was only associated with ASD symptom severity, such that an improvement in DLS trajectory was associated with lower and improving ASD symptom severity.

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Activities of Daily LivingAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild DevelopmentChild LanguageChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMultilevel AnalysisSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsAutism spectrum disorderDaily living skillsPreschoolVineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

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PMID31372802
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