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Community introduction of practice parameters for autistic spectrum disorders: Advancing early recognition
Laurent Holzer1, Raluca Mihailescu, Catherine Rodrigues-Degaeff
1Hôpital Nestle, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent (SUPEA), Lausanne, Switzerland. Laurent.Holzer@inst.hospvd.ch
Objectives:
Within a strong interdisciplinary framework, improvement in the quality of care for children with autistic spectrum disorders through a 2 year implementation program of Practice Parameters, aimed principally at improving early detection and intervention.
Method:
We developed Practice Parameters (PPs) for Pervasive Developmental Disorders and circulated the PPs to all child and adolescent psychiatrists practicing in the region.
Results:
PP development and parallel information strategies resulted in a significant decrease of 1.5 years in the mean-age-at-diagnosis. However, further analysis indicated that improvement was only transient.
Conclusion:
Despite the encouraging improvement in mean-age-at-diagnosis 2 years after PP implementation, other indicators showed a failure to maintain the improvements. A systematic screening program would be the most reliable method to reinforce the PPs.
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