Title of article :
Cognitive Rehabilitation of Adaptive Behavior in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Meta-Analysis
Author/Authors :
Ahn , Si-nae Department of Occupational Therapy - Cheongju University - Daesung-ro - Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea , Hwang, Sujin Deparment of Physical Therapy - Division of Health Science - Baekseok University - Munam-ro, Dongnam-gu - Cheonan-si - Chungnam, Republic of Korea
Abstract :
Negativebehavioralproblemsoftenoccurfollowingtheonsetofneurodevelopmentaldisordersandhaveanoverall
impactontheaffectedchildren,specificallyintermsoftheirsocialdevelopmentallevel.Inchildren,socialdevelopment
behaviorhasbeenshowntospontaneouslymatureovertimewiththecognitivetherapyinterventioneffects.Thisstudy
performedameta-analysistoprovideastatisticalsynopsisoftheavailableevidenceofsocialdevelopmentbehavioralchanges
followingcognitivetherapyinchildrenwithneurodevelopmentaldisorders.Methods.Datawascollectedfromtwoonlinesearch
engines,includingEBSCOhostandPubMed,fromJanuary1,2006,toAugust31,2016,usingtheterms“cognition,”“cognitive
function,”and“diseaseincludingneurodevelopmentaldisorderwithDSM-5.”Twoassessorssearchedtheliteratureusing
independentinclusioncriteriaandevaluatedthequalityofresultsusingtheJadadscore.Sixarticleswerechosenusingthe
ComprehensiveMeta-Analysisprogram(version2.0).Results.Sixarticlesreportingrandomizedcontrolledtrialstudieswere
included.Theeffectivescoresforimprovingadaptivebehaviorfollowingcognitivetherapyinchildrenwithneurodevelopmental
disorderwere0.64.Theeffectivescoreofadaptivebehaviorwassignificantinthisstudy(p<005).Theresultsshowedno
significantstatisticalheterogeneityandpublicationbias.Conclusions.Thefindingsofthemeta-analysissuggestthatcognitive
interventionsareeffectiveatimprovingadaptivebehaviorassociatedwithneurodevelopmentaldisorders
Keywords :
Cognitive Rehabilitation , Adaptive Behavior , Children , Neurodevelopmental Disorders , A Meta-Analysis
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
