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Table 3 Group means of top eight predictors in the aggregate sample and by subgroups

From: CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions

Characteristic

Aggregate

S1

S2

S3

S4

ANOVA subgroup comparisons

Random Forest top-ranked predictors,

M (SD)

N = 1244

(n = 249, 20%)

(n = 637, 51%)

(n = 283, 23%)

(n = 75, 6%)

F(3,1240)*

 

Post hoc

Pre-pandemic School Services, total services [range 0–7]

2.3 (2)

1.9 (1.8)

1.5 (1.5)

3.4 (1.8)

5.7 (1.4)

196.21

0.322

S4 > S3 > S1 > S2

Pre-pandemic Outside of School Services, total services

[range 0–8]

2 (2)

1.8 (1.8)

1.5 (1.6)

2.4 (1.9)

6.4 (1.6)

195.06

0.321

S4 > S3 > S1 > S2

Stringency Index, raw score [range 0–100]

62.8 (12)

62.8 (12.3)

61.5 (11.5)

66.8 (12.5)

59 (9.2)

16.19

0.038

S3 > (S1 = S2 = S4)

Lifestyle Stress, raw score [range 2–10]

5.7 (2.3)

6.7 (2.3)

5.3 (2.2)

5.5 (2.2)

6.2 (2.4)

25.95

0.059

S1 = S4 > (S3 = S2)

COVID-19 Worries, raw score [range 4–20]

8.5 (3.6)

9.9 (4.2)

8.1 (3.3)

8.3 (3.2)

7.9 (4)

18.03

0.042

S1 > (S3 = S2 = S4)

New COVID-19 infections, new cases/day [range 0–8460]

446.7 (1009.9)

364.1 (880.4)

396.6 (989.2)

723 (1215.5)

104.4 (199.6)

11.28

0.027

S3 > (S2 = S1 = S4)

Child age, years [range 5–21]

11 (3.6)

10.8 (3.6)

11.6 (3.5)

10.2 (3.4)

9.7 (3.1)

15.84

0.037

S2 > (S1 > S4 = S3)

  1. Random Forest top-ranked predictors are shown importance in descendent order. Abbreviations: S1, Broad symptom worsening only subgroup; S2, Average symptom/service changes subgroup; S3, Primarily modified services subgroup; S4, Primarily lost services subgroup; *; all tests reached statistical significance at P values < 0.001 after adjusting for FDR-correction); \({\eta }_{p}^{2}\), eta squared effect size