![]() ![]() Weakness of experimental designs was discussed.Conclusions. All studies reported general tolerability. Behavioral and/or developmental improvements were reported in all acupuncture treatment studies. The acupoints used, the duration of needling, the frequency of treatment, the choice of stimulation, and the course of the treatment were highly variable amongst the studies. A total of 31 studies were evaluated for acupuncture methodology, study design, treatment effects, and tolerability.Results. A literature review was completed via Medline and three Chinese search engines. This paper examines the emerging evidence of the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of autistic children.Method. There has been lack of reviews of evidence on efficacy, methodology, and/or safety of acupuncture in autism spectrum disorders. Clinical implications trigger the need for clinicians to provide the necessary assessment and treatment.īackground. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that feeding problems are more common in children with autism. The more the autistic symptoms were severe, the more children exhibited feeding problems (p=0.02). They also observed more selectivity for starchy foods compared to the control group (p=0.000). In fact, the parents of these children observed more pica habits on their children compared to the control group (p=0.000). Results: According to the CEBI, children with autism spectrum disorders showed more feeding problems than the control group (82.4% versus 56.1%, p=0.002). The SPSS statistical package, version 20.0 was used. Autism severity is evaluated using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale. Parents completed the children’s eating behavior inventory (CEBI). Settings and Design: A comparison was made between 57 children with autism spectrum disorders and 57 control groups regarding the feeding problems. Aims: To evaluate the frequency and the types of feeding problems in children with autism spectrum disorders. Despite this, feeding behaviours remain little explored by clinicians working with children with autism spectrum disorders and researches are lacking especially in Tunisia. Parents are frequently worried about the health status of their children, which may be threatened by some consequent nutritional deficiencies. Early detection and treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunctions in autism spectrum disorder may be means to reduce prevalence and severity of sleep problems and improve quality of life and developmental outcomes in this population.īackground: Feeding problems are common in autism. In addition, the odds of having multiple sleep disorder symptoms among children with gastrointestinal dysfunctions, adjusted for age, gender, behavioral problems, bed wetting, current and past supplements, and current and past medications for autism spectrum disorder symptoms were 1.75 (95% confidence interval: 1.10–2.79) compared to children without gastrointestinal dysfunctions. The adjusted odds ratio for sleep disorder among those with gastrointestinal dysfunctions compared to those without was 1.74 (95% confidence interval: 1.22–2.48). This study examines whether gastrointestinal dysfunctions increase the odds of having sleep disorders in 610 children with idiopathic autism spectrum disorder, aged 2–18 years, from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange research program. They further exacerbate autism spectrum disorder symptoms and interfere with children’s and parental quality of life. Sleep disorders often co-occur with autism spectrum disorder. More research is needed to better understand service use and the decision-making processes that underlie treatment selection by parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The disparities in service utilization in Saudi Arabia point to the need to develop policy and interventions that can mitigate the paucity of services for children with autism spectrum disorders. Some child characteristics also influenced the use of services. The age at the initiation of services and the type of treatments used differed by parent’s income, educational attainment, the extent of knowledge about autism spectrum disorders, and geographic location. Most parents reported utilizing non-medical treatments followed by biomedical treatments and cultural and religious treatment. ![]() The results revealed that on average, children began services by 3.3 years. A sample of 205 parents completed an online survey about the use of autism spectrum disorder services for their children. Little information is available about autism spectrum disorder services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ![]()
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