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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2020

Coming to understand the child has autism: A process illustrating parents' evolving readiness for engaging in care.

Stephen J Gentles, David B Nicholas, Susan M Jack, K Ann McKibbon, Peter Szatmari

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Systematic review of measures and interventions for caregiver adjustment to child autism diagnosis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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  2. Parent concerns prior to an assessment of autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025
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  17. Exploring Autism, Culture, and Immigrant Experiences: Lessons from Sri Lankan Tamil Mothers.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2022
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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.

Stephen J GentlesMcMaster University, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2004-1451
David B NicholasUniversity of Calgary, Canada.
Susan M JackMcMaster University, Canada.
K Ann McKibbonMcMaster University, Canada.
Peter SzatmariUniversity of Toronto, Canada.

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstract

Indexed as

Autistic DisorderHelp-Seeking BehaviorInformation Seeking BehaviorMothersPatient ParticipationAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolComprehensionFemaleGrounded TheoryHumansMaleOntarioParentscaregiverfamily-centered caregrounded theorypatient-centered carepatient engagementpre-diagnosis

Identifiers

PMID31508991
PMCPMC6985991

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Registered trials

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