Impact of COVID-19 on Adaptive Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms in South Korean Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examine the effect of COVID-19 on South Korean children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using a comprehensive online caregiver survey.

Method

Caregivers of 132 children were recruited among 292 children identified with ASD in a large general population epidemiologic cohort from a suburban South Korean city. Using the Korean translation of the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey, adapted for autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions (CRISIS-AFAR), data were collected at 3 time points (3 months before the pandemic, from January to June of 2021, and 3-4 months after). Changes in adaptive living skills, lower- and higher-order restrictive and repetitive behaviors (RRBs), co-occurring problem behaviors (activity/attention, oppositional, and anxiety/affect) w

SUBMITTER: Cho YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature