Title |
Brief Report: Prevalence of Self-injurious Behaviors among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Population-Based Study
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Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/s10803-016-2879-1 |
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Authors |
Gnakub N. Soke, Steven A. Rosenberg, Richard F. Hamman, Tasha Fingerlin, Cordelia Robinson, Laura Carpenter, Ellen Giarelli, Li-Ching Lee, Lisa D. Wiggins, Maureen S. Durkin, Carolyn DiGuiseppi |
Abstract |
Self-injurious behaviors (SIB) have been reported in more than 30 % of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in clinic-based studies. This study estimated the prevalence of SIB in a large population-based sample of children with ASD in the United States. A total of 8065 children who met the surveillance case definition for ASD in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network during the 2000, 2006, and 2008 surveillance years were included. The presence of SIB was reported from available health and/or educational records by an expert clinician in ADDM Network. SIB prevalence averaged 27.7 % across all sites and surveillance years, with some variation between sites. Clinicians should inquire about SIB during assessments of children with ASD. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 7 | 41% |
United Kingdom | 4 | 24% |
Spain | 1 | 6% |
Canada | 1 | 6% |
Mexico | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 3 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 14 | 82% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 170 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 33 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 14% |
Researcher | 17 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
Other | 24 | 14% |
Unknown | 47 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Psychology | 46 | 27% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 8% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
Other | 21 | 12% |
Unknown | 52 | 30% |