Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Nepal.


Journal

Journal of autism and developmental disorders
ISSN: 1573-3432
Titre abrégé: J Autism Dev Disord
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904301

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Historique:
pubmed: 1 2 2019
medline: 7 8 2019
entrez: 1 2 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30701436
doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-03884-7
pii: 10.1007/s10803-019-03884-7
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

2258-2267

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Auteurs

Rena Shrestha (R)

School of Psychology and Public Health, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.

Cheryl Dissanayake (C)

School of Psychology and Public Health, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia. c.dissanayake@latrobe.edu.au.

Josephine Barbaro (J)

School of Psychology and Public Health, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.

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