Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Nepal

Autor/inn/en	Shrestha, Rena; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Barbaro, Josephine
Titel	Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Nepal
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (2019) 6, S.2258-2267 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-019-03884-7
Schlagwörter	Clinical Diagnosis; Age Differences; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Children; Adolescents; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Autismus; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The current study investigated the age of diagnosis (AoD) of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Nepal by using de-identified data on 246 children with a diagnosis of ASD registered at AutismCare Nepal Society from 2010 to 2015. The mean AoD in children was 58 months (range 14-187 months). Majority of children were male (76%), lived in the Kathmandu valley (75%), and were from upper caste groups (62%). The mean diagnostic age of ASD in Nepal is much later than the age at which a reliable diagnosis is possible, indicating the need to reduce the gap between the age at which it is possible to diagnose ASD, and the average age at which ASD is currently diagnosed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01