Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Treatment Adherence for Total Group and Subgroups of Participants based on Individual Characteristics and Results of Exploratory Analyses.

From: Adherence and acceptability of a robot-assisted Pivotal Response Treatment protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder

Total group

Descriptive Statistics

Treatment Adherence

M (SD)

N (% of Total)

M (SD)

H (df)

p

 

25

85.5% (17.5)

  

Age

  6.2    (1.3)

  

0.04 (1)

.835

   Preschool

 

8  (32.0%)

91.1% (10.5)

  

   School-aged

 

17 (68.0%)

86.2% (15.4)

  

Gender

   

0.39 (1)

.532

   Male

 

20 (80.0%)

89.2% (12.6)

  

   Female

 

5   (20.0%)

81.1% (19.4)

  

Total IQ

101.8 (14.2)

  

0.59 (2)

.743

   Below average

 

3   (12.0%)

86.8% (11.9)

  

   Average

 

14 (56.0%)

88.8% (13.9)

  

   Above average

 

6   (24.0%)

84.5% (17.7)

  

   Missing

 

2     (8.0%)

   

ADOS severity

    6.0   (1.5)

  

3.68 (2)

.159

   Low

 

3   (12.0%)

83.3% (28.9)

  

   Moderate

 

17 (68.0%)

85.5% (12.5)

  

   Severe

 

5   (20.0%)

95.6%   (6.5)

  

Psychiatric comorbidity

   

1.80 (2)

.407

   AD(H)D

 

3  (12.0%)

92.9%   (7.1)

  

   Other

 

2    (8.0%)

96.2%   (5.4)

  

   None

 

20 (80.0%)

85.6%  (15.4)

  
  1. Note. AD(H)D = attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, ADOS = autism diagnostic observation schedule, df = degrees of freedom, H = test statistic resulting from Kruskal-Wallis test, IQ = intelligence quotient, M = mean, N = number of participants, p = p-value, SD = standard deviation.
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