The Effect of Gestational Age on Symptom Severity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Movsas, Tammy Z.; Paneth, Nigel
Titel	The Effect of Gestational Age on Symptom Severity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (2012) 11, S.2431-2439 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1501-4
Schlagwörter	Autism; Regression (Statistics); Severity (of Disability); Age Differences; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Questionnaires; Mothers; Children; Adolescents; Young Adults; Gender Differences; Intelligence Quotient; Verbal Communication; Scores; Premature Infants; Comparative Analysis; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schweregrad; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Fragebogen; Mother; Mutter; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Geschlechterkonflikt; Intelligenzquotient; Frühgeburt; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	Between 2006 and 2010, two research-validated instruments, Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) were filled out online by 4,188 mothers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children, aged 4-21, as part of voluntary parental participation in a large web-based registry. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis (adjusted for child's sex, ability to verbalize, categorical IQ score, and fetal growth rate) demonstrated significantly higher SCQ and SRS scores for ASD children of both preterm (less than 37 weeks) and post-term (greater than 42 weeks) gestational age (GA) compared to ASD children of normal GA, thus indicating that both preterm and post-term children manifest increased ASD symptomatology. Normal GA at birth appears to mitigate the severity of autistic social impairment in ASD children. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10