Effect of community rehabilitation on children with autism spectrum disorders in Tianjin

Objective To investigate the function of community rehabilitation on children with autism spectrum disorders and explore the related influencing factors of the rehabilitation effects,then to provide the basis for better improvements in their related defects.Methods Adopting Clancy Autism Behavior Scale (CABS) and Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) for screening as well as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth edition) (DSM-V) and Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) for diagnosis.Selecting 19 children with autism spectrum disorders who have completed a whole year assessment of autistic children development assessment and investigating their parents for collecting related information.Utilizing repetitive measure analysis of vafiance and the Pearson linear correlation analysis for statistical disposition.Results The age difference of the actual age and the development age of three evaluation was on the decline over time,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05) and the more diverse and targeted the rehabilitation is,the better the effects are.The correlations of statistical significance existed among the age of discovering suspected symptoms,the age of the final diagnosis,the age of first specking language,the age of walking independently,the intellectual function score and the total score of CARS with rehabilitation effects of different areas (P<0.05).Conclusion Tianjin' s community rehabilitation have exerted positive effects on the prognosis of children with autism spectrum disorders,and the effects of targeted,long-term comprehensive intervention are remarkable.