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SUBMITTER: Steenfeldt-Kristensen C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steenfeldt-Kristensen Catherine C Jones Chris A CA Richards Caroline C
Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20201101 11
Self-injurious behaviour is purportedly common in autism, but prevalence rates have not yet been synthesised meta-analytically. In the present study, data from 14,379 participants in thirty-seven papers were analysed to generate a pooled prevalence estimate of self-injury in autism of 42% (confidence intervals 0.38-0.47). Hand-hitting topography was the most common form of self-injury (23%), self-cutting topography the least common (3%). Sub-group analyses revealed no association between study q ...[more]