The Co-Occurrence of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Cerebral Palsy and Associated Comorbid Conditions in Children and Adolescents

Figures & data

Table 1. Frequency of Adaptive Behavior Levels

Level of Adaptive Behavior	n	%
High	4	4.2
Moderately high	11	11.5
Adequate	38	39.6
Moderately low	8	8.3
Low	35	36.5

Table 2. Means and Standard Deviations of conditions across all three groups

GI Symptoms	M	SD	Levene’s Statistic
ASD	1.29	1.22
CP	0.97	1.4
ASD & CP	0.72	1.17
			.03
CSHQ
ASD	49.81	7.85
CP	43.88	7.1
ASD & CP	46.82	6.91
			.33
Challenging Behavior
ASD	46.92	17.92
CP	50.09	15.97
ASD & CP	57.48	16.98
			.61
Social Communication Difficulties
ASD	22.6	5.2
CP	5.21	3.4
ASD & CP	22.12	4.92
			7.80**
Adaptive Behaviors
ASD	67.86	34.4
CP	91.38	22.16
ASD & CP	83.72	34.35
			7.96**

** p < .001

Table 3. Table of Bivariate Intercorrelations of the Variables

	Variables	1	2	3	4	5
1	Sleep problems
2	Age	.15
3	ASD Diagnosis	.06	−.00**
4	Intellectual disability	−.08	−.12	.02*
5	Age of ASD diagnosis	−.23	.35	−.45	−.06

Significance level: *p < .05, **p < .01

Table 4. Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis for Predictors of Sleep Problems

	Variable	β	R^2	Adj. R^2	F change
1	Age	.34	.02	.00	1.03
2	ASD Diagnosis	.94	.03	−.02	.19
3	Intellectual disability	−.85	.03	−.04	.16
4	Age of ASD diagnosis	−2.41*	.12	.04	4.57*

Total R² = .12, Total Adj. R² = .04. Significance level: *p < .05

Table 5. Means and Standard Deviations of Age of ASD diagnosis across two groups

Diagnostic group	M	SD
ASD alone	4.92 years (59 months)	.74 years
ASD & CP	5.95 years (71 months)	1.34 years