Clinical Changing of Children with Autism Assessed by Vajirapattana Tool

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Autistic child Vajirapattana tools

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Dussadee Ngernlangtawee
Child development and adolescent unit, Pediatric department, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University. Bangkok, Thailand

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Objective: To compare clinical scores of children with autism before and after therapy with Vajirapattana tools and to determine factors related to score changing.


Methods: Retrospective chart review of 32 autistic children aged 18 months to 7 years at child developmental and adolescence unit, Vajira Hospital during January 2012 to October 2014. Individual received Vajirapattana programme that intervened via daily activities with parent-mediated techniques. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare Vajirapattana score, and Spearman’s rank correlation test to analyses factors correlated with score changing.


Results: There were significant difference of clinical scores in all aspects assessed by Vajirapattana tools before and after therapy (p <0.001). Total behavior score change correlated with sex (rs = -0.476), receiving of speech therapy (rs = -0.387), number of interventions (rs = 0.463) and duration of assessment (rs = 0.442). Family income correlates with score changes on social and total score aspects (rs = -0.383 and rs = -0.358)


Conclusion: Clinical of autistic children were changed. Further, experimental research that adapted Vajirapattana tools according to DSM-5 criteria may useful to improve autistic symptoms.

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Ngernlangtawee, D. (2016). Clinical Changing of Children with Autism Assessed by Vajirapattana Tool. Vajira Medical Journal : Journal of Urban Medicine, 60(3), 193–200. retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/VMED/article/view/192664
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Vol. 60 No. 3 (2016): JUL - SEP 2016
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