Treatise
To analyze the effect of structure-based behavioral intervention on children with autism spectrum disorder in hospital
Miaoying Chen, Shihuan Wang, Qing Zhou, Sanmei Cheng, Xiuqun Qin, Baoqin Huang
Published 2018-01-11
Cite as Chin J Prac Nurs, 2018, 34(2): 81-84. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2018.02.001
Abstract
ObjectiveTo improve the prognosis of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a model of structure-based outpatient training course was conducted to explore the intervention effect for children with ASD.
Methods154 children with ASD were included in the present study (aged 1.6-5.5 years). All children were received the inpatient training course. The training course included individual coaching, game, motor, music courses etc. The training course lasted 1 month, 8 hours per day. All children were also received the Psycho-educational Profile-3rd Edition(PEP-3) assessment at the beginning and ending of training.
ResultsChildren with ASD scored significant raw scores in cognitive verbal/preverbal (29.08 ± 13.23 vs. 43.27 ± 11.62), expressive language (13.33 ± 10.55 vs. 25.38 ± 11.82), receptive language (15.77 ± 10.64 vs. 27.48 ± 8.42), fine motor (25.97 ± 6.10 vs. 32.64 ± 5.07), gross motor (23.03 ± 5.52 vs. 27.72 ± 2.95), visual-motor imitation (10.65 ± 5.31 vs. 15.44 ± 3.76), affective expression (14.34 ± 4.31 vs. 16.36 ± 3.85), social reciprocity (11.90±4.01 vs. 16.08±4.13), personal self-care (13.39 ± 4.70 vs. 16.98 ± 4.30) and adaptive behaviors (17.8 ± 4.95 vs. 20.33 ± 5.37) (t=5.43-20.70, all P<0.05).
ConclusionsThe model of structure-based inpatient training course is effective program to improve the prognosis of children with ASD.
Key words:
Autism spectrum disorder; Structure; Intervention
Contributor Information
Miaoying Chen
Shihuan Wang
Qing Zhou
Sanmei Cheng
Xiuqun Qin
Baoqin Huang
Nursing Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China