The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for anxiety in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chinese Medicine

Craig Melville¹  Ashley E. Robertson¹  Ance Kreslins¹ 

[1] Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1st Floor Admin Building Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland

关键词: Cognitive behavioural therapy/CBT;    Psychosocial intervention;    Adolescent;    Child;    Anxiety;    Autism spectrum disorder/ASD;    Meta-analysis;   

Others  :  1220358
DOI  :  10.1186/s13034-015-0054-7

 received in 2014-12-17, accepted in 2015-06-08,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Anxiety is a common problem in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This meta-analysis aimed to systematically evaluate the evidence for the use of psychosocial interventions to manage anxiety in this population. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was the primary intervention modality studied. A comprehensive systematic search and study selection process was conducted. Separate statistical analyses were carried out for clinician-, parent-, and self-reported outcome measures. Sensitivity analyses were conducted by removing any outlying studies and any studies that did not use a CBT intervention. A subgroup analysis was performed to compare individual and group delivery of treatment. Ten randomised control trials involving a total of 470 participants were included. The overall SMD was d = 1.05 (95 % CI 0.45, 1.65; z = 3.45, p = 0.0006) for clinician- reported outcome measures; d = 1.00 (95%CI 0.21, 1.80; z = 2.47, p = 0.01) for parent-reported outcome measures; and d = 0.65 (95%CI -0.10, 1.07; z = 1.63, p = 0.10) for self-reported outcome measures. Clinician- and parent-reported outcome measures showed that psychosocial interventions were superior to waitlist and treatment-as-usual control conditions at post-treatment. However, the results of self-reported outcome measures failed to reach significance. The sensitivity analyses did not significantly change these results and the subgroup analysis indicated that individual treatment was more effective than group treatment. The main limitations of this review were the small number of included studies as well as the clinical and methodological variability between studies.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Kreslins et al.

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