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Factors Affecting Age at ASD Diagnosis in UK: No Evidence that Diagnosis Age has Decreased Between 2004 and 2014.
- Source :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders; Jun2016, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p1974-1984, 11p, 5 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Clinical initiatives have aimed to reduce the age at ASD diagnosis in the UK. This study investigated whether the median age at diagnosis in childhood has reduced in recent years, and identified the factors associated with earlier diagnosis in the UK. Data on 2134 children with ASD came from two large family databases. Results showed that the age of ASD diagnosis has not decreased. The median age of diagnosis of all ASDs was 55 months. Factors associated with earlier age of diagnosis were autism diagnosis (compared with other ASD), language regression, language delay, lower socioeconomic status, and greater degree of support required. Effective clinical strategies are needed to identify children with characteristics that have in the past delayed ASD diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DIAGNOSIS of autism
AGE distribution
ASPERGER'S syndrome
LANGUAGE disorders
PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
MATHEMATICAL variables
PHENOTYPES
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
RELATIVE medical risk
EARLY diagnosis
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01623257
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115197466
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2716-6