Establishment of Social Skills Training Group in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effectiveness Analysis
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Social Skill Training Group
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 160
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Outcome analysis
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This project aims to examine the effectiveness of social skill training group in adults with autism spectrum disorders.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age from 18 to 45 years
- •having relational problems
- •having motivation to participate
- •good chinese speaking
- •having a healthy cargiver join together
- •IQ \> 70 (WAIS)
- •Autism Spectrum Quotient \> 26
Exclusion Criteria
- •ever had psychosis and neurological diseases
- •visual and hiring impairment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Outcome analysis
Time Frame: after intervention 12 weeks
Background characteristics, co-existing psychiatric conditions and dropout rates for the two groups are compared using χ2 tests. Differences between two groups' baseline measures are analyzed using two-sided independent t tests. The comparison will adopt an intention-to-treat principle. The missing data are substituted with last observation carried forward. To analyze the reasons for the attrition, the dropouts will also be compared to the completers on their clinical variables. Then, repeated-measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) are used to calculate between- and within-group effects on all continuous variables. Treatment effect calculations (Cohen's d) will be calculated for each indicator. Differences between the interventions in CGI-I will be examined using a one-way ANOVA. Reported change in the follow-up survey was compared between the PEERS group and the controls using independent t tests.