Factors associated with parental ratings of condition severity for children with autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is currently little consensus on how the severity of a child's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) should be measured, and yet despite the lack of a standardized definition, parents were readily able to answer a question asking them to describe the severity of his/her child's ASD in a national survey.

Objective

The current study examined factors associated with a parent's judgment of ASD severity, by identifying child and household characteristics that were associated with a parent's severity rating of his/her child's ASD, including child ASD symptomatology, child impact, and family impact.

Methods

Data came from the 2011 Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services ("Pathways"). A total of 967 parents in households with a child diagnosed with ASD between

SUBMITTER: Zablotsky B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4652641 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature