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A Novel Telehealth Tool Using a Snack Activity to Identify Autism Spectrum Disorder by Zenghui Ma; Yan Jin; Ruoying He; Qinyi Liu; Xing Su; Jialu Chen; Disha Xu; Jianhong Cheng; Tiantian Zheng; Yanqing Guo; Xue Li; Jing Liu is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented need for accessible health care services and significantly accelerated the development processes of telehealth tools for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) early screening and diagnosis. This study aimed to examine the feasibility and utility of a time-efficient telehealth tool combining a structured snack time assessment activity and a novel behaviour coding scheme for identifying ASD. ## Methods A total of 134 1–6-year-old individuals with ASD (age in months: mean = 51.3, SD = 13.1) and 134 age- and sex-matched typically developing individuals (TD) (age in months: mean = 54, SD = 9.44) completed a 1-min snack time interaction assessment with examiners. The recorded videos were then coded by trained coders for 17 ASD-related behaviours; the beginning and end points and the form and function of each behaviour were recorded, which took 10–15 min. Coded details were transformed into 62 indicators representing the count, duration, rate, and proportion of those behaviours. ## Results Twenty indicators with good reliability were selected for group difference, univariate and multivariate analyses. Fifteen behaviour i

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Author

Zenghui Ma; Yan Jin; Ruoying He; Qinyi Liu; Xing Su; Jialu Chen; Disha Xu; Jianhong Cheng; Tiantian Zheng; Yanqing Guo; Xue Li; Jing Liu

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)