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

Table 1 Results of a previous study on the impact of remote family psychological support courses on supporting families of children with autism spectrum disorder

Ref.	Outcome measured	Key findings
Levante et al[10]	Parental stress	30% reduction in stress
Kalb et al[11]	Parental anxiety	25% reduction in anxiety
Huang et al[12]	Parenting knowledge	40% improvement in ASD understanding
Efstratopoulou et al[13]	Communication strategies	Enhanced communication with children
Lei and Kantor[14]	Family dynamics	35% reported improved family functioning
Viezel et al[15]	Family empathy	Increased empathy and support
Furar et al[16]	Child social engagement	20% improvement in social skills
Bi et al[17]	Child behavioral issues	15% reduction in behavioral concerns
McConkey et al[18]	Accessibility	80% found remote format flexible
Srinivasan et al[19]	Participation barriers	Reduced travel and scheduling barriers

ASD: Autism spectrum disorder.

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.