Rationale and design for cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Overview of measurements

		CBT			WL
Outcome	Scale	T1	T2	T3	T1	T1’	T2’	T3’
Sociodemographics	Developed by authors	✓			✓
Child anxiety disorder	ADIS-IV-C/P	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child co-morbid disorder (obsessive compulsive disorder and depression)	ADIS-IV-C/P	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child anxiety symptoms	SCAS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Life interference from anxiety	CALIS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder	ADHD-RS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Social and communicative skills	SRS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Behavioral and emotional problems	SDQ	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
General measure of negative self-statements	CATS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child adaptive skills	ABAS-II	✓		✓		✓		✓
Parent quality of life	WHO-5 + PSE	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Program evaluation	ESQ		✓				✓

T1 baseline assessment, T2 + T1’ 13 weeks after baseline, T3 25 weeks after baseline, T2’ 13 weeks after T1’-baseline, T3’ 25 weeks after T2’-baseline. Primary outcome: ADIS-IV-C/P Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Parent & Child interview schedule; Secondary outcomes: SCAS Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale, CALIS Children’s Anxiety Life Inference Scale; Other outcomes: ADHD-RS Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder-Rating Scale, SRS Social Responsiveness Scale, SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, CATS Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale, ABAS-II Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Second Edition, WHO-5 WHO-five Well-being Index + 10 questions regarding depression from Present State Examination, ESQ Experience of Service Questionnaire

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