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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

TeleRehabilitation of Social-Pragmatic Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Principal Component Analysis.

Flavia Marino, Chiara Failla, Roberta Bruschetta, Noemi Vetrano, Ileana Scarcella, Germana Doria, Paola Chilà, Roberta Minutoli, David Vagni, Gennaro Tartarisco and 2 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Flavia MarinoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Chiara FaillaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Roberta BruschettaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8778-2775
Noemi VetranoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Ileana ScarcellaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7654-2039
Germana DoriaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Paola ChilàInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Roberta MinutoliInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
David VagniInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Gennaro TartariscoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9467-2024
Antonio CerasaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Giovanni PioggiaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8089-7449
Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation · ITIstituto S.Anna Crotone · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · ITUniversità degli Studi di Enna Kore · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many therapeutic settings, remote health services are becoming increasingly a viable strategy for behavior management interventions in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there is a paucity of tools for recovering social-pragmatic skills. In this study, we sought to demonstrate the effectiveness of a new online behavioral training, comparing the performance of an ASD group carrying out an online treatment (n°8) with respect to a control group of demographically-/clinically matched ASD children (n°8) engaged in a traditional in-presence intervention (face-to-face). After a 4-month behavioral treatment, the pragmatic skills language (APL test) abilities detected in the experimental group were almost similar to the control group. However, principal component analysis (PCA) demonstrated that the overall improvement in socio-pragmatic skills was higher for ASD children who underwent in-presence training. In fact, dimensions defined by merging APL subscale scores are clearly separated in ASD children who underwent in-presence training with respect to those performing the online approach. Our findings support the effectiveness of remote healthcare systems in managing the social skills of children with ASD, but more approaches and resources are required to enhance remote services.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderTelerehabilitationChildHumansLanguagePrincipal Component AnalysisSocial Skillsautismprincipal component analysissocial-pragmatic skillstelehealth

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PMID36834179
PMCPMC9967556
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