Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Intensive intervention for children and adolescents with autism in a community setting in Italy: a single-group longitudinal study. | Valenti et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4 23 http content 4 1 23 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Intensive intervention for children and adolescents with autism in a community setting in Italy a single-group longitudinal study 1 2 1 3 3 Marco Valenti Renato Cerbo Francesco Masedu Marco De Caris Germana Sorge Abstract Background Previous studies have shown favourable results with intensive behavioural treatment for children with autism evidence has emerged that treatment can be successfully implemented in a community setting and in adolescent participants. The aim of this study was to describe the 2-year adaptive functioning outcome of children and adolescents with autism treated intensively within the context of special autism centres as well as to evaluate family satisfaction with the activity of the centres. Methods Sixty participants with autism 20 females and 40 males aged between 4 and 18 years attending the semi-residential rehabilitation centres for autism located in the Abruzzo region Central Italy were followed up and their adaptive functioning was evaluated both at baseline and after one and two years using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales VABS . Parents satisfaction with the service was evaluated using the Orbetello Satisfaction Scale for Children and Adolescent Mental Health. Results The increase in VABS scores was significant on several domains in the different gender and age categories. It is worth noting that male children had improved a great deal roughly an effect size in the domains of communication daily living and motor skills effect sizes and respectively whereas in male adolescents a notable increase in VABS scores was recorded in the domain of socialization only effect size . On the other hand adaptive behaviour in female children increased in the domains of socialization and motor skills effect sizes and respectively whereas in
