Ben-Sasson Ayelet, Amit-Ben-Simhon Hemda, Meyer Sonya
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa , Mt. Carmel, Haifa , Israel .
Dev Neurorehabil. 2015 Jun;18(3):155-61. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2013.800164. Epub 2013 Aug 7.
To investigate the congruence and discrepancies between mother and father reports of early autism spectrum disorders (ASD) markers.
Mothers (n = 80) and fathers (n = 78) of 12-month-old infants (55% boys) completed the first year inventory (FYI), an ASD norm-referenced screening questionnaire. Mothers also completed the Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (ITSEA).
There were significant and moderate intra-class correlations between mother and father reports for most FYI factors. Fathers' median FYI social-communication domain score was almost twice that of mothers. Mann-Whitney tests indicated that fathers rated their child significantly higher than mothers on the four FYI social-communication factors and on the sensory processing factor. Linear weighted kappa analyses indicated poor agreement on gaze-related and reactivity FYI items. FYI social-communication and sensory-regulatory factors showed significant correlations with corresponding ITSEA scores.
Social-communication markers pose a greater challenge for consistent report across parents than sensory-regulatory markers.
探讨父母双方关于早期自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)标志物报告之间的一致性和差异。
12个月大婴儿(55%为男孩)的母亲(n = 80)和父亲(n = 78)完成了第一年调查表(FYI),这是一份ASD常模参照筛查问卷。母亲们还完成了婴幼儿社会情感评估(ITSEA)。
对于大多数FYI因素,父母报告之间存在显著且中等程度的组内相关性。父亲的FYI社会沟通领域得分中位数几乎是母亲的两倍。曼-惠特尼检验表明,在四个FYI社会沟通因素和感觉处理因素上,父亲对孩子的评分显著高于母亲。线性加权kappa分析表明,在与注视相关和反应性的FYI项目上一致性较差。FYI社会沟通和感觉调节因素与相应的ITSEA得分显著相关。
与感觉调节标志物相比,社会沟通标志物在父母双方一致报告方面面临更大挑战。