Outcome of Home-Based Early Intervention for Autism in Sri Lanka: Follow-Up of a Cohort and Comparison with a Nonintervention Group

Table 1

Mean scores for each domain of measurement at intake to the study and at 3 and 6 months after intervention for the experimental group.

Measure	Experimental group (); mean score (range, SD)	Comparison group (); mean score (range, SD)
Sustained eye contact
At intake	2.02 (0–50, 7.15)	17.86 (0–60, 18.45)
Intervention
At 3 months	52.98 (10–90, 23.91)	—
At 6 months	74.44 (10–95, 19.14)	—
Response to name
At intake	0.56 (0–10, 2.24)	17.14 (0–80, 19.94)
Intervention
At 3 months	48.87 (0–100, 27.87)	—
At 6 months	73.71 (5–95, 23.27)	—
Social reciprocity
At intake	0.81 (0–10, 2.43)	15.24 (0–60, 18.27)
Intervention
At 3 months	46.05 (0–100, 26.16)	—
At 6 months	72.42 (25–75, 21.93)	—
Imitative behavior
At intake	0.81 (0–10, 1.23)	3.1 (0–40, 7.06)
Intervention
At 3 months	47.58 (0–100, 28.99)	—
At 6 months	70.65 (25–75, 21.18)	—
Pointing
At intake	0.32 (0–10, 1.78)	11.79 (0–60, 17.34)
Intervention
At 3 months	35.89 (0–100, 27.55)	—
At 6 months	61.77 (15–85, 20.75)	—

Comparison group had only one set of data as given in Table 1.