Supportive care patterns in children with autism spectrum disorder

Abstract

The incidence of autism is increasing day to day and it has increased significantly in the last decade. There have been many studies on the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children. The objective of this review study is to have a comprehensive look at the existing patterns. This review was performed based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) protocol. The databases of ISI, Scopus, Science Direct, Medline, Google Scholar, Magiran, SID, Iranmedex, pubmed and Cochran databases were independently searched by two researchers using MeSH keywords. We included the studies published in different regions of Iran from 2010-2019. The obtained data were analyzed using the meta-analysis technique. Then we extracted reference number, chronological order, sex, age in database. The type of study, the method of implementation, the type of treatment, the outcome and the level of parental involvement have been studied. A total of 35 articles were collected from which 22 articles were related to treatment patterns. The collected results were assessed in the intervention. In general, treatment models were structured and unstructured these models was used to specific age groups, or all age groups.