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Table 2 Baseline characteristics for autistic Prisma participants and comparison of intervention completers to non-completers

From: Psychoeducational group intervention for intellectually able adults with autism and their close relations (Prisma) – an open feasibility study

 

All n = 92

Completers n = 71

Non-Completers n = 21

χ2/t value

Mean age (range) (SD)

31.4 (18–64) (11.8)

32.7 (18–64) (12.0)

27.1 (18–50) (9.9)

1.98 ns

Gender female n (%)

45 (48.9%)

31 (43.6%)

14 (66.7%)

3.43 ns

Highest education n (%)

 9 year compulsory school or less

17 (19.1%)

12 (17.1%)

5 (26.3%)

2.04 ns

 High school

53 (59.6%)

41 (58.6%)

12 (63.2%)

 

 University degree (or higher)

19 (21.3%)

17 (24.3%)

2 (10.5%)

 

Occupation n (%)

 Employed/student

33 (37.1%)

24 (34.3%)

9 (47.4%)

1.10 ns

 Unemployed

56 (62.9%)

38 (65.7%)

10 (52.6%)

 

Partner n (%)

37 (43.5%)

32 (47.1%)

5 (29.0%)

1.72 ns

Years diagnosed with ASD n (%)

1 years:

60 (67.4%)

49 (70.0%)

11 (57.9%)

1.00 ns

 > 1 years:

29 (32.6%)

21 (30.0%)

8 (42.1%)

 

Comorbidity n (%)

Other neurodevelopmental disorders

44 (50.0%)

34 (48.6%)

10 (55.6%)

0.28 ns

Other psychiatric disorders

54 (61.3%)

45 (64.3%)

9 (50%)

1.23 ns

No neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders

15 (17.0%)

12 (17.1%)

3 (16.7%)

0.01 ns

Self-reported physical illness/diseases

35 (39.8%)

26 (37.7%)

9 (47.4%)

0.58 ns

Other treatments

37 (41.6%)

32 (45.7%)

5 (26.3%)

2.32 ns

RAADS-14 screen mean (SD)

27.4 (9.4)

26.9 (9.74)

29.2 (8.2)

0.94 ns

  1. Note: ns non-significant, SD Standard deviation, RAADS The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale
  2. The percentages are counted by entering the number of individuals having data for that variable in the denominator