TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - Self-Injurious Behaviors in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Compared to Other Developmental Delays and Disorders
AU - Soke, G. N.
AU - Rosenberg, S. A.
AU - Rosenberg, C. R.
AU - Vasa, R. A.
AU - Lee, L. C.
AU - DiGuiseppi, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge CDC SEED project staff, SEED projects coordinators, clinicians, and SEED investigators at each site. We are also grateful to all SEED phase1 children and their families. GNS conceptualized the initial proposal, cleaned and analyzed the data, wrote the first draft of the manuscript. CD, SAR and CRR, provided feed-back on the initial proposal, contributed in the interpretation of the findings and in the writing of the different versions of the manuscript. LL and RAV contributed to the interpretation of the findings and the writing of the different versions of the manuscript. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - We compared the prevalence of self-injurious behaviors (SIB) in preschoolers aged 30–68 months with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 691) versus other developmental delays and disorders (DD) (n = 977) accounting for sociodemographic, cognitive, and medical factors. SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus all DD [adjusted odds-ratio (aOR) 2.13 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.53, 2.97)]. In subgroup analyses, SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus DD without ASD symptoms [aOR 4.42 (95% CI 2.66, 7.33)], but was similar between ASD and DD with ASD symptoms [aOR 1.09 (95% CI 0.68, 1.77)]. We confirmed higher prevalence of SIB in ASD versus DD, independent of confounders. In children with DD, SIB prevalence increased with more ASD symptoms. These findings are informative to clinicians, researchers, and policymakers.
AB - We compared the prevalence of self-injurious behaviors (SIB) in preschoolers aged 30–68 months with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 691) versus other developmental delays and disorders (DD) (n = 977) accounting for sociodemographic, cognitive, and medical factors. SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus all DD [adjusted odds-ratio (aOR) 2.13 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.53, 2.97)]. In subgroup analyses, SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus DD without ASD symptoms [aOR 4.42 (95% CI 2.66, 7.33)], but was similar between ASD and DD with ASD symptoms [aOR 1.09 (95% CI 0.68, 1.77)]. We confirmed higher prevalence of SIB in ASD versus DD, independent of confounders. In children with DD, SIB prevalence increased with more ASD symptoms. These findings are informative to clinicians, researchers, and policymakers.
KW - Autism
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Developmental delays and disorders
KW - Prevalence
KW - Self-injurious behaviors
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-018-3490-4
DO - 10.1007/s10803-018-3490-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 29429009
AN - SCOPUS:85041904440
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 48
SP - 2558
EP - 2566
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 7
ER -