| Title |
Brief Report: Screening Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Anxiety and Depression
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, December 2017
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-017-3427-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yong-Hwee Nah, Neil Brewer, Robyn L. Young, Rebecca Flower |
| Abstract |
Although depression and anxiety are the most common comorbidities in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), descriptive data for their prevalence among autistic adults are limited. This study provides descriptive data for a cohort of 155 autistic adults (mean age = 27.1 years, SD = 11.9) of average IQ on the short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales and the Mini Social Phobia Inventory. Also included were 79 non-ASD participants (mean age = 26.2, SD = 10.2) who completed the mini-SPIN. A substantial percentage (39-46%) of autistic adults scored within the 'Moderate' to 'Extremely Severe' range on the DASS-21. The DASS-21 would be a valuable rapid screening device for these comorbid conditions in autistic adults. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 13 | 48% |
| United States | 4 | 15% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 22 | 81% |
| Scientists | 5 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 124 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 15% |
| Researcher | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 18% |
| Unknown | 39 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 35 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 41 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2018.
All research outputs
#1,228,335
of 25,199,243 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#448
of 5,431 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#27,632
of 450,920 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#15
of 116 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,199,243 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,431 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 450,920 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 116 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its contemporaries.