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Table 7 T3 Demographic and behavioural characteristics for participants with and without self-restraint at T3

From: Persistence and predictors of self-injurious behaviour in autism: a ten-year prospective cohort study

  

Individuals with self-restraint T3 (N = 29)

Individuals without self-restraint T3 (N = 38)

Chi-square/Mann-Whitney U

p value

Effect size

Gender

Male; percentage (N)

79 (23)

82 (31)

N/Aa

1.000

 

Ability

Partially able/able; percentage (N)

97 (28)

97 (37)

N/Aa

1.000

 

Mobility

Mobile; percentage (N)

100 (29)

95 (36)

N/Aa

.502

 

Speech

Verbal; percentage (N)

86 (25)

95 (36)

N/Aa

.391

 

Mood total score

Median (IQR)

33 (11)

38 (8)

364

.018*

0.3

Mood

Median (IQR)

19 (4)

21 (4)

348

.010*

0.3

Interest and pleasure

Median (IQR)

14 (7)

17 (6)

384

.034*

0.3

Activity total score

Median (IQR)

31 (29.5)

17 (25)

282

< .001*

0.4

Impulsivity

Median (IQR)

15 (12)

10 (14)

304

.002*

0.4

Overactivity

Median (IQR)

13 (17.5)

4 (11)

293

< .001*

0.4

Repetitive behaviour total score

Median (IQR)

21 (20)

15 (18)

389

.040*

0.3

Compulsive behaviour

Median (IQR)

6 (9.5)

6 (10)

478

.354

 

Insistence on sameness

Median (IQR)

4 (4)

3 (5)

396

.047*

0.2

Stereotyped behaviour

Median (IQR)

7 (11)

3 (7)

402

.055

 

Autism phenomenology total score

Median (IQR)

20 (10.5)

16 (11)

359

.015*

0.3

Communication

Median (IQR)

7 (4.5)

7 (4)

411

.074

 

Social Interaction

Median (IQR)

7 (6.5)

5 (6)

433

.132

 
  1. aFisher’s exact was calculated where 50% expected count < 5, *p < .05