Trial reportZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2019
[Curative effect of progressively integrated sandplay therapy on core symptoms and sleep management in preschool children with mild-to-moderate autism spectrum disorder].
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 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of game-based interventions on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effect of sandplay therapy on social communication deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Sandplay Therapy on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Policies, resource allocation, and interventions for child and adolescent mental health in low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Abnormal Degree Centrality in Children with Low-Function Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Sleeping-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
- Effects of Image-Sandplay Therapy on the Mental Health and Subjective Well-Being of Children with Autism.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
- Impact of Virtual Imaging Technology on Film and Television Production Education of College Students Based on Deep Learning and Internet of Things.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the curative effect of progressively integrated sandplay therapy on core symptoms and sleep management in preschool children with mild-to-moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
methodsA total of 50 mild-to-moderate ASD preschool children were randomly divided into an experimental group (n=25) and a control group (n=25). The control group was treated with structured teaching and auditory integration training (AIT). Based on these, the experimental group was treated with progressively integrated sandplay therapy. The Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), Children Autism Rating Scale (CARS), Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), Children's Sleep Habit Questionnaire (CSHQ) and emotion recognition tools were used to evaluate the overall curative effect before treatment and 3 months after treatment.
resultsThe experimental group had significantly lower scores of feeling, social interaction, somatic motor, language factor, total ABC and total CARS than the control group (P<0.05). The experimental group had also significantly lower scores of social cognition, social communication, social motivation, autistic behavior factor and total SRS than the control group (P<0.05). The experimental group had a significantly higher accurate rate of recognition of the upper facial expression and lower facial expression than the control group (P<0.05). The experimental group had significantly lower scores of bedtime resistance, sleep onset, sleep duration, night waking, daytime sleepiness, and total CSHQ than the control group (P<0.05). The experimental group had significantly reduced themes of wounding and significantly increased themes of healing after sandplay therapy (P<0.05).
conclusionsProgressively integrated sandplay therapy can effectively improve the core symptoms and sleep quality of preschool children with mild-to-moderate ASD, which can be used as an early rehabilitation measure.
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