Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33389304›Full record

Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Gaming-Based Social Skills Program for Children on the Autism Spectrum.

Renae Beaumont, Hugh Walker, Jonathan Weiss, Kate Sofronoff

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

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 33 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Pooled it
  7. Pooled it
  8. Pooled it
  9. Video Games for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022
    Pooled it
  10. Trial
  11. Trial
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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

4 authors.

Renae BeaumontSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia. rbb2002@med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-0757
Hugh WalkerSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Jonathan WeissDepartment of Psychology, Behavioural Sciences Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Kate SofronoffSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Families often face financial and geographical barriers to services for children with autism. The current study explored the effectiveness of a parent-supported adaptation of the computer game-based social skills program Secret Agent Society (SAS). Seventy child-parent dyads were randomized to SAS (n = 35) or a caregiver-supported cognitive skills training game (CIA-control comparison; n = 35), both completed over 10 weeks. Child participants were on the autism spectrum and aged seven to 12 years (60 boys, 10 girls). SAS participants improved more than CIA participants on parent-rated social skills and problem behaviors and teacher-rated social skills. Findings suggest the intervention may be a convenient, cost-effective therapeutic approach, especially during times of restricted face-to-face service access, such as COVID-19.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderCOVID-19Video GamesChildFemaleHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2Social SkillsAutismChildrenOnlineParent-supportedSocial skills trainingVideo game

Identifiers

PMID33389304
PMCPMC7778851

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.