Systematic review of tools to measure outcomes for young children with autism spectrum disorder

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 1-538

  McConachie, Helen ^a   Parr, Jeremy R ^a   Glod, Magdalena ^a   Hanratty, Jennifer ^b   Livingstone, Nuala ^b   Oono, Inalegwu P ^a   Robalino, Shannon ^a   Baird, Gillian ^c   Beresford, Bryony ^d   Charman, Tony ^e   Garland, Deborah ^f   Green, Jonathan ^g   Gringras, Paul ^c   Jones, Glenys ^h   Law, James ^a   Le Couteur, Ann S ^a   Macdonald, Geraldine ^b   McColl, Elaine M ^a   Morris, Christopher ⁱ   Rodgers, Jacqueline ^a   Simonoff, Emily ^e   Terwee, Caroline B ^j   Williams, Katrina ^k   more..

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSENSUS BASED STANDARDS FOR THE SELECTION OF HEALTH MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS CHECKLIST; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84933501124     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta19410     Document Type: Article

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