ArticleAcademic pediatrics2024
Optimizing Care for Autistic Patients in Health Care Settings: A Scoping Review and Call to Action.
Article in Academic pediatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enhancing emergency department care for individuals with autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Pooled it
- The Meaning of Autism Friendly in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review of the Autism Community's Perspectives.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Recent Advances in Optimizing Care for Autistic Patients in Health care Settings.Academic pediatrics · 2026Review
- Procedural Support for Neurodivergent Children During Medical Procedures: A Scoping Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Experiences and perceptions of physical healthcare among adult autistic patients: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Review
- Barriers and facilitators to primary healthcare encounters as reported by autistic adults: a qualitative study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Dental Adaptation Strategies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveWe conducted a scoping review of interventions designed to improve the health care experiences of autistic individuals and assessed the methodology and outcomes used to evaluate them.
methodsLiterature from January 2005 to October 2020 was searched using PubMed, Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycINFO as well as hand searching. Studies included described an intervention for autistic individuals in inpatient or outpatient settings and evaluated the intervention using standardized methodology. Results were exported to Covidence software. Ten reviewers completed abstract screening, full text review, and then systematic data extraction of the remaining articles. Two reviewers evaluated each article at each stage, with a third reviewer arbitrating differences.
resultsA total of 38 studies, including three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included. Twenty-six (68%) took place in dental, psychiatric, or procedural settings. Interventions primarily focused on visit preparation and comprehensive care plans or pathways (N = 29, 76%). The most frequent outcome was procedural compliance (N = 15), followed by intervention acceptability (N = 7) and parent satisfaction (N = 6). Two studies involved autistic individuals and caregivers in study design, and no studies assessed racial/ethnic diversity on intervention impact.
conclusionsWell-designed evaluations of interventions to support autistic individuals in pediatric health care settings are limited. There is a need to conduct large multi-site intervention implementation studies.
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