Brief Report: Self-Injurious Behaviors in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Compared to Other Developmental Delays and Disorders

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• Alternative Title:
  J Autism Dev Disord
• Personal Author:
  Soke, G. N. ; Rosenberg, S. A. ; Rosenberg, C. R. ; Vasa, R. A. ; Lee, L.-C. ; DiGuiseppi, C.
• Description:
  We compared the prevalence of self-injurious behaviors (SIB) in preschoolers aged 30-68 months with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 691) versus other developmental delays and disorders (DD) (n = 977) accounting for sociodemographic, cognitive, and medical factors. SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus all DD adjusted odds-ratio (aOR) 2.13 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.53, 2.97). In subgroup analyses, SIB prevalence was higher in ASD versus DD without ASD symptoms aOR 4.42 (95% CI 2.66, 7.33), but was similar between ASD and DD with ASD symptoms aOR 1.09 (95% CI 0.68, 1.77). We confirmed higher prevalence of SIB in ASD versus DD, independent of confounders. In children with DD, SIB prevalence increased with more ASD symptoms. These findings are informative to clinicians, researchers, and policymakers.
• Subjects:
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Child, Preschool
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Self-Injurious Behavior
• Keywords:
  • Self-injurious behaviors
  • Prevalence
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Autism
  • Developmental delays and disorders
• Source:
  J Autism Dev Disord. 48(7):2558-2566
• Pubmed ID:
  29429009
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5997504
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  RFAS: 01086/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 02199/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DD001210/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; dd11-002/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; dd09-002/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; dd04-001/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55856/cdc_55856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 84.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:237c24817de2e69d1d74ba3e74a5eb443967236bfc9afcc0e68fd5e3f4b2100b