| Mothers of Children With ASD | Mothers of Children With ADHD | Mothers of Control Children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Total scale score | 31.67* | 21.86 | 32.92* | 21.04 | 23.53 | 20.94 |
| Items | ||||||
| Problems with muscles, joints, such as pain, aching, cramping, stiffness | 3.19* | 3.12 | 3.02* | 3.00 | 2.21 | 2.86 |
| Problems with burning eyes, airway, breathing, coughing | 2.88* | 3.07 | 2.80* | 3.05 | 2.02 | 2.80 |
| Problems with heart or chest | 2.32* | 2.84 | 1.75 | 2.62 | 1.26 | 2.01 |
| Problems with stomach or digestive tract | 3.25 | 3.05 | 3.31* | 3.12 | 2.57 | 2.99 |
| Problems with ability to think, difficulty concentrating, remembering | 3.58* | 3.05 | 4.47* | 3.43 | 2.51 | 2.98 |
| Problems with mood, tense or nervous, depressed | 3.99* | 3.07 | 4.83* | 3.28 | 3.25 | 3.16 |
| Problems with balance, numbness in extremities | 2.47 | 2.82 | 2.55 | 3.05 | 1.93 | 2.84 |
| Problems with head or face | 4.01 | 3.11 | 4.71* | 3.44 | 3.48 | 3.01 |
| Problems with skin, rash, hives | 3.12* | 3.02 | 2.79 | 2.95 | 2.19 | 2.81 |
| Problems with urinary tract or frequent urination | 2.93* | 3.04 | 2.64 | 3.18 | 2.17 | 2.79 |
Items are scaled from 1 to 10, then summed across items for the total score, with a total possible range from 0 to 100. The range for mothers of control children was 0 to 83, 1 to 93 for mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and 0 to 95 for mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
↵* P < .05.
SD, standard deviation.