Table 5 Percentage of individuals that scored as “impaired” on SCQ non-verbal algorithm items
% impairment | Chi-square | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domain | Item | PMS | FraX | DS | ASD | df | χ2 | p valuea | Post hoc < .01 | |
Communication | Imitation | 76.7 | 46.7 | 33.3 | 83.3 | 3 | 15.53 | .001 | ASD > FraX, DS; PMS > DS | +b |
Pointing | 86.7 | 56.7 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 3 | 15.87 | .001 | PMS > DS | + | |
Gestures | 70.0 | 46.7 | 36.7 | 60.0 | 3 | 5.53 | .137 | N/A | N/A | |
Nodding to mean yes | 86.7 | 46.7 | 23.3 | 83.3 | 3 | 31.50 | < .001 | ASD, PMS > FraX, DS | + + | |
Head shaking to mean no | 73.3 | 36.7 | 23.3 | 76.7 | 3 | 21.22 | < .001 | ASD > FraX, DS; PMS > DS | + | |
Imitative social play | 80.0 | 60.0 | 16.7 | 76.7 | 3 | 28.22 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FraX > DS | + | |
Imaginative play | 83.3 | 80.0 | 36.7 | 80.0 | 3 | 21.05 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FraX > DS | + | |
Repetitive Behaviour | Rituals | 40.0 | 73.3 | 46.7 | 83.3 | 3 | 17.18 | .001 | ASD > PMS, DS; FraX > PMS | − −c |
Unusual preoccupations | 60.0 | 63.3 | 20.0 | 70.0 | 3 | 19.44 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FraX > DS | + | |
Stereotyped play | 66.7 | 60.0 | 30.0 | 76.7 | 3 | 13.97 | .003 | ASD, PMS > DS | + | |
Circumscribed interests | 30.0 | 56.7 | 36.7 | 60.0 | 3 | 7.40 | .060 | N/A | N/A | |
Sensory interests | 53.3 | 43.3 | 13.3 | 83.3 | 3 | 29.15 | < .001 | ASD > FRaX, DS; PMS > DS | + | |
Hand stereotypies | 70.0 | 86.7 | 33.3 | 90.0 | 3 | 27.40 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FRaX > DS | + | |
Body stereotypies | 56.7 | 60.0 | 23.3 | 66.7 | 3 | 12.64 | .005 | ASD, FraX > DS | N/A | |
Reciprocal Social Interaction | Inappropriate facial expressions | 40.0 | 23.3 | 6.7 | 40.0 | 3 | 11.49 | .009 | ASD, PMS > DS | + |
Use of other’s body to communicate | 83.3 | 56.7 | 40.0 | 86.7 | 3 | 20.10 | < .001 | ASD, PMS > DS | + | |
Friends | 70.0 | 80.0 | 30.0 | 76.7 | 3 | 19.72 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FRaX > DS | + | |
Eye contact | 56.7 | 53.3 | 23.3 | 56.7 | 3 | 8.57 | .036 | N/A | N/A | |
Social smiling | 40.0 | 36.7 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 3 | 13.66 | .003 | ASD > DS | N/A | |
Showing and directing attention | 70.0 | 46.7 | 16.7 | 36.7 | 3 | 15.69 | .001 | PMS > ASD, DS | + + | |
Offering to share | 80.0 | 63.3 | 33.3 | 76.7 | 3 | 15.41 | .001 | ASD, PMS > DS | + | |
Seeking to share enjoyment | 43.3 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 36.7 | 3 | 2.27 | .519 | N/A | N/A | |
Offering comfort | 83.3 | 56.7 | 20.0 | 86.7 | 3 | 32.27 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FraX > DS | + | |
Quality of social overtures | 56.7 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 46.7 | 3 | 12.67 | .005 | ASD, PMS > DS | + | |
Range of facial expression | 63.3 | 56.7 | 23.3 | 80.0 | 3 | 17.82 | < .001 | ASD, PMS, FRaX > DS | + | |
Interest in children | 60.0 | 56.7 | 26.7 | 90.0 | 3 | 21.91 | < .001 | ASD > PMS, DS | – | |
Response to other children’s approaches | 53.3 | 63.3 | 23.3 | 86.7 | 3 | 23.64 | < .001 | ASD > PMS, DS; FraX > DS | – | |
Imaginative play with peers | 90.0 | 86.7 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 3 | 14.12 d | .001 | ASD > DS | N/A | |
Group play | 86.7 | 73.3 | 46.7 | 86.7 | 3 | 12.64 | .005 | ASD, PMS > DS | + | |