PMID: 26837348Feb 4, 2016Paper

Association between guardian's first notice of autism symptom of children and time to seek medical care

Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
Jianmin WangJing Zhang

Abstract

To understand the symptoms of autism of children that caused the first notice of guardian, related risk factors and the influence on the time to seek medical care. The children with autism aged <5 years were selected from autism rehabilitation centers in Wuhan, Changsha, Haikou, Liuzhou and Changsha between September 2012 and April 2014, and their guardians were retrospectively surveyed by using questionnaire. SPSS 13.0 software was used for statistical analysis. A total of 415 children with autism were included in the study. Including 355 boys (85.54%) and 60 girls (14.46%), the sex ratio was 5.9 : 1. The most common concern of guardian were: language dysplasia (20.72%); ignoring of people or lack of interaction with others (18.55%); repeat and weird action pattern (14.94%). The age when the first symptom occurred, which causing guardians' concern, ranged from 8 months to 28 months, the time when guardian began to concern varied with symptom (χ² =46.64, P<0.000 1). Guardian's educational level, guardian's contact time with the children, guardian's intimate degree with the children, the age of guardian, family type and tie had no statistical association with the fist autism symptom that caused guardian's concern. The age of the...Continue Reading

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