Clinical trial without drug, randomized: Comparison of a specific and integrative clinical protocol for young adults with autism to usual treatment. It will include both low and high-functioning participants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
102
The active condition includes specialized, multidisciplinary and intensive individual (weekly to monthly) or group interventions (weekly). Only high-functioning subjects will be considered for group interventions.
The control group will follow treatment as usual, consisting in conventional general psychiatrist/psychologist clinical follow-up. The frequency varies between 3-6 months or 15-21 days if worsening of symptoms or comorbid conditions.
Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli
Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
RECRUITINGChange in Quality of life.
The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL). Self-administered scale, quantitative. Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Asperger Symptoms.
Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA). Includes questionnaire (autism spectrum quotient, AQ) and (empathy quotient, EQ). Self-administered scale, quantitative.Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Depressive symptoms
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) . Self-administered scale, quantitative.Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Anxiety Symptoms.
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Self-administered scale, quantitative.Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Revised (OCI-R). Self-administered scale, quantitative. Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: ASD symptoms evaluated by parents/caregiver.
Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Parents' self-administered scale, quantitative.Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: ASD symptoms.
Ritvo Autism Asperger's Diagnostic Scale (RAADS-R). Self-administered scale, quantitative. Spanish- translated version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
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Change in: Social phobia symptoms.
Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN). Self-administered scale, quantitative. Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Evaluation of support needs.
Camberwell Assessment of Need, revised (CAN-R). Administered by the professional, qualitative. Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Caregiver's burden associated with the disorder.
The Zarit Burden Interview. Caregiver self-report, quantitative. Spanish version.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months
Change in: Evaluation of the level of autonomy, self-regulation, self-empowerment, self-knowledge.
The Arc's Self-Determination Scale. Self-administered scale. Spanish version. Quantitative.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 months