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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021

Can I Learn to Play? Randomized Control Trial to Assess Effectiveness of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Cally Kent, Reinie Cordier, Annette Joosten, Sarah Wilkes-Gillan, Anita Bundy

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cally KentSchool of Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. cally.smith@curtin.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-5737
Reinie CordierSchool of Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9906-5300
Annette JoostenSchool of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1081
Sarah Wilkes-GillanDiscipline of Occupational Therapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5670-2974
Anita BundyDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9144
Curtin University · AUAustralian Catholic University · AUColorado State University · USThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Play is often used in interventions to improve social outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Play is a primary occupation of childhood and, therefore, an important outcome of intervention. The Ultimate Guide to Play, Language and Friendship (PLF) is a peer-mediated intervention for 6-11-year-old children with ASD. A total of 68 dyads were randomized to either a 10-week treatment first or waitlist control group. Results revealed a significant moderate intervention effect from pre- to post-intervention, which was maintained to the 3-month follow-up clinic session and generalized to the home environment. The findings support that the PLF intervention can be used to positively improve play in 6-11-year-old children with ASD.Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, https://www.anzctr.org.au/ (ACTRN12615000008527; Universal Trial Number: U1111-1165-2708).

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Social BehaviorAustraliaAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansMalePlay TherapyTreatment OutcomeAutismInterventionPlayVideo modeling

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PMID32870416
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