Effectiveness and usability of technology-based interventions for children and adolescents with ASD: A systematic review of reliability, consistency, generalization and durability related to the effects of intervention

Mazon, C.; Fage, Charles; Sauzéon, H.

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Effectiveness and usability of technology-based interventions for children and adolescents with ASD: A systematic review of reliability, consistency, generalization and durability related to the effects of intervention

Mazon, C.; Fage, Charles; Sauzéon, H.

2019 • In Computers in Human Behavior, 93, p. 235-251

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Autism spectrum disorder; Methodology; Systematic review; Technology-based interventions; Therapeutic effectiveness; Usability; Clinical research; Durability; Reliability; Autism spectrum disorders; Technology-based; Human computer interaction

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[en] A growing number of studies have investigated technology-based interventions (computer, phone, tablet, robot, etc.) for supporting children and teenagers with ASD, notably in school settings. Past reviews stressed study-design weaknesses of TBI researches. This systematic review has threefold purpose: 1) to update the previous ones with a focus on clinical-quality studies; 2) to examine reliability, consistency, durability and generalization of measurements; and 3) to compare the methodology of two cores of studies according to two dimensions: Therapeutic Effectiveness (TE) and Technology Usability (TU). From the 685 search results, 31 studies were selected (22 on TE, 6 on TU, and 3 on TE-TU). Overall, few studies reached the standards of evidence-based practices (reliability, consistency, durability, generalization). TE studies provided more evidence of their reliability than TU and TU-TE studies. Moreover, the examination of studies' results revealed that: 1) the more robust study designs, the less consistent TBI effect, 2) the more reliable the measure, the less large TBI-related effect size. Although less robust, TE-TU studies can be seen as an emerging interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise in human-computer interaction and clinical research. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

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Mazon, C.; Equipe-projet Phoenix, INRIA Centre de Recherche Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, 200 Avenue de la Vieille Tour, Gironde, Aquitaine, Talence Cedex 33405, France, Laboratoire EA 4136 Handicap, Activité, Cognition, Santé, Université de Bordeaux – escalier 1B Batiment Laboratoires site Carreire, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Gironde, Aquitaine, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France

Fage, Charles ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Logopédie > Logopédie clinique

Sauzéon, H.; Laboratoire EA 4136 Handicap, Activité, Cognition, Santé, Université de Bordeaux – escalier 1B Batiment Laboratoires site Carreire, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Gironde, Aquitaine, Bordeaux Cedex 33076, France, Equipe-projet Flowers, INRIA Centre de Recherche Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, 200 Avenue de la Vieille Tour, Gironde, Aquitaine, Talence Cedex 33405, France

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2019

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Computers in Human Behavior

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0747-5632

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235-251

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