Enhancing autism care: The role of remote support in parental well-being and child development

Table 2 Primary outcomes in parenting stress levels: Experimental group vs control group

Measure	Experimental group pre/post	Control group pre/post	P value
Parenting stress (PSI-SF)	94.75 ± 20.95/81.10 ± 19.76	96.99 ± 19.53/92.10 ± 19.26	< 0.01
Parental competence (PSOC)	59.38 ± 11.59/68.83 ± 11.23	61.48 ± 9.94/63.91 ± 10.86	< 0.01
Anxiety (GAD-7)	5.85 ± 4.67/2.89 ± 3.19	4.91 ± 4.63/3.67 ± 3.92	0.238
Depression (PHQ-9)	5.48 ± 4.86/2.77 ± 3.00	5.04 ± 4.77/3.48 ± 4.27	0.594

PSI-SF: Parenting stress index-short form; PSOC: Parenting sense of competence scale; GAD-7: Generalized anxiety disorder-7; PHQ-9: Patient health questionnaire-9.