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Table 1 Participant demographic information

From: Examining a stepped-care telehealth program for parents of young children with autism: a proof-of-concept trial

Characteristic

Intervention (n = 10)

Control (n = 10)

Child demographics

  

Male (n)

8

6

Child age in months (M,SD)

40.10 (10.41)

35.40 (11.09)

Nonverbal age equivalent in months (M,SD)

18.70 (6.68)

22.67 (8.41)

Expressive language age equivalent in months (M,SD)

9.50 (4.14)

14.13 (10.36)

Child race/ethnicity (n)

  

 Asian

1

0

 Black

4

0

 Caucasian, non-Hispanic

0

5

 Hispanic/Latino

4

4

 Multiracial

1

1

Weekly intervention hours (M, SD)

7.60 (10.61)

4.73 (9.95)

Weekly intervention hours (median, range)

3.50, 2.00–36.00

1.7, 0.00–32.75

 Speech therapy

1.00, 1.00–2.00

1.00, 0.00–2.00

 Occupational therapy

1.00, 1.00–2.00

0.00, 0.00–2.00

 Applied behavior analysis

0.00, 0.00–30.00

0.00, 0.00–30.00

 Physical therapy

0.00, 0.00–2.00

0.00, n/a

 Developmental therapy

0.00, 0.00–1.00

0.00, 0.00–1.50

Parent/family demographics

  

Female

10

10

Parent education

  

 Some high school

1

1

 High school degree

2

0

 Some college/specialized training

3

3

 4-Year college degree

0

4

 Graduate degree

4

1

Employed outside the home

6

4

Parental marital status

  

 Married-living with partner

4

5

 Single-living with partner

4

1

 Single-living alone

2

2

 Divorced or separated

0

1

Computer use and literacy

  

 Very comfortable with computers

8

7

 Very comfortable with internet

9

9

 Daily use of computer at home

10

9

 More than 5 times each day on the internet

6

5

 More than 7 h per week on the internet

5

5