International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology
Open Access

Abstract

Efficacy of Family Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

Xuhui Meng*

Objective: Previous studies have shown that there is a lot of evidence for the efficacy of family therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder, but no specific meta-analysis has been conducted so far, and there is a lack of evidence of efficacy.

Materials and methods: To systematically review the effect of family intervention on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, VIP database and China Biology Medicine Disc were searched by computer. The Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTS) of family intervention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were searched from the establishment of the database to May 2023. The experimental group added family intervention on the basis of the control group. Two researchers independently screened the literature and extracted the data, and the risk of bias of the included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews 5.1.0. RevMan 5.4 was used for statistical analysis.

Results: A total of 15 studies involving 1249 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that family intervention could increase the score of ASD scale, CARS children Autism rating scale (MD=-2.56, 95%CI (-3.02, -2.02), P< 0.05), ABC Autism Parent Rating Scale (MD=-9.87, 95%CI (-10.76, -8.99), P< 0.05), ATEC Autism Treatment Evaluation Scale (MD=-11.11, 95%CI (-12.05, -10.18)).

Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the addition of family intervention to conventional intervention could increase the therapeutic effect of children with autism spectrum disorder compared with conventional intervention alone.

Published Date: 2023-07-03; Received Date: 2023-06-01