Age at diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: is there an association with socioeconomic status and family self-education about autism?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/16:00091881 RIV/00216208:11130/16:10324735 RIV/65269705:_____/16:00066527

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107239" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107239</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107239" target="_blank" >10.2147/NDT.S107239</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Age at diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: is there an association with socioeconomic status and family self-education about autism?

Original language description

Background: The marked increase in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) prevalence has stimulated worldwide interest in exploring broader circumstances of care of autistic children, including the role of socioeconomic status (SES) and family information on autism. Methods: Our sample comprised of 160 children who participated in a diagnostic examination focused on autism, and their parents who completed a simple descriptive questionnaire focusing on the family situation as well as family self-education about autism. The diagnosis of ASD was confirmed in 120 children (75% of the sample; 94 boys, 26 girls) with mean age 6.2 +/- 2.7 years (median 5.3, range 2.2-17.2 years). In 71 autistic patients (59.2%), a diagnosis of mental retardation was also established. Results: The age at diagnosis of ASD correlated negatively with maternal (P=0.014) and paternal (P=0.002) ages at the time of birth of the ASD child as well as with paternal (P=0.002) and maternal (P=0.050) education. The age at diagnosis of ASD did not correlate with family SES. Mothers were significantly more active in seeking information on autism than fathers or both parents equally (80 vs 9 vs 28 cases, respectively; P<0.001). The mean number of information sources on autism was 3.5 +/- 1.8 with a range 0-9. The mean number of resources did not differ among the three SES groups (3.50 vs 3.49 vs 4.25, respectively; P=0.704). The mean number of sources did not correlate with the age at diagnosis of ASD. The most often used sources were the Internet (81.7%), followed by psychologists (48.3%), books (46.7%), and child and adolescent psychiatrists (43.3%). Conclusion: An earlier diagnosis of ASD is associated with higher parental age at birth and higher parental education but not with family SES or number of family information sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FL - Psychiatry, sexology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

ISSN

1178-2021

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

July

Country of publishing house

NZ - NEW ZEALAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1639-1644

UT code for WoS article

000379338400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84979035639