Telemonitoring of children with risk indicators for Autism Spectrum Disorder: preliminary findings.
Alessandra Pinheiro da Silva, Ana Manhani Cáceres-Assenço
PMID 37585895WHAT IT FOUND
Remote parental guidance did not significantly change pragmatic skills in seven children at risk for autism.
Descriptive trends showed more communicative acts, but the primary outcome was null, so this is not proof the intervention works.
Key findings
01The comparison of pragmatic skills before and after the remote parental guidance protocol showed no statistical differences.
02Descriptive analysis showed higher median values for most pragmatic variables after the protocol, except for gestural means and communicative space occupation.
03The study had no control group and a small sample size, limiting the ability to attribute changes to the intervention.
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What it does not show
Very small sample size (seven children). No control group, so natural development or other factors cannot be ruled out as causes for any observed changes. Short duration of intervention and follow-up. The primary statistical analysis was null, despite descriptive trends suggesting improvement.
Declared interests
The study was financed in part by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil).
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the descriptive trends in communicative acts or functions as evidence that the remote guidance protocol works. The primary statistical comparison showed no significant difference, and the lack of a control group means any observed changes could be due to natural development or other factors.