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of this study was to assess the stress levels of parents of chil-
dren with autism and to verify its association with the inability of
verbal communication and the relationship to quality of life. Par-
ticipants were parents of 75 children with autism and 100 parents
with no complaints about their children development. They were
divided in 3 groups. All participants responded to questionnaires
regarding: socio-demographic date, stress level and quality of life.
Most parents presented medium level of stress. Presence of speech
did not yield to significant differences. More parents of children
with autism reported high levels of stress. Associations between
the stress level and the quality of life were also observed. It can be
concluded that the stress level of parents of children with autism
not influenced by their lack of verbal communication.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Improvement of autism symptoms
after comprehensive intensive early
interventions in a clinical setting
N. Haglund ∗, S. Dahlgren , M. Råstam , P. Gustafsson ,
K. Källén
1 Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden
2 University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychology, Gothenburg,
Sweden
3 Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden
4 University of Lund, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Center of Reproduction Epidemiology, Lund, Sweden
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The last two decades increase in early detection
and diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has
challenged child and youth habilitation centers to offer the best and
most appropriate treatment and support.
Objectives and aims To evaluate an ongoing Comprehensive
Intensive Early Intervention (CIEI) program for children with ASD
based on principles of behaviour learning and developmental sci-
ence, implemented in the child’s natural setting.
Method The change in autism symptoms among children par-
ticipating in CIEI (intervention group, n = 67) was compared with
children who received traditional habilitation services only (com-
parison group, n = 27). Symptom changes were measured as
evaluation-ADOS-R-scores, total-, severity-, and module-adjusted-
scores (ADOS-MAS), minus the corresponding baseline-scores,
divided by the time between baseline and evaluation, and esti-
mated using ANOVA adjusting for confounders. The ADOS-MAS
were developed to allow improved communicative functions to be
counted in the overall symptom improvement.
Results Children in both study groups improved their autism
symptoms as measured with the ADOS-MAS, and the improve-
ment was statistically significantly larger among children without
any developmental delay (P < .001). When adjustments were made
for developmental delay, there was a statistically significant larger
improvement of ADOS-MAS among children in the intervention
group than in the comparison group (P = 0.047). Similar resultswere
found for ADOS-R-total and ADOS-severity scores (P = 0.023 and
P = 0.060. respectively).
Conclusion The results of the current study indicate that the
CIEI program significantly improve social and communicative skills
among childrenwith autism, and that childrenwith developmental
delay could benefit to a similar degree as other children.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW0072
Emotional and behavioral problems in
early adolescents and association with
socio-demographic risk factors
L. Dostovic Hamidovic
University Clinical Center Tuzla, Department of Pediatrics, Tuzla,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim The aim is to analyse the frequency emotional and
behavioural problems early adolescents and associationwith socio-
demographic risk factors.
Subject and methods We analysed a group of 240 early adoles-
cents (11–15 years) from the area of Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, in the general population. For the assessment of
children’s emotional and behavioural problems, the Strength and
Difficulties Questionnaire – SDQ is used. Data were processed
by descriptive statistics. For the assessment association between
socio-demographic risk factors and emotional and behavioural
problems in early adolescents we used Pearson correlation test.
Results The result show that the frequency of emotional and
behavioural problems are present in 3% of cases, The results
of correlation sociodemographic risk factors and emotional and
behavioral problems, showed that unemployed mothers have a
significant increased risk of developing behavioral disorders in
early adolescents (P< 0.05). Low family economic status leads to
a significantly higher frequency of emotional symptoms in early
adolescents, poor attitude towards society and significantly higher
overall difficulties (P < 0.05). Higher levels of parental education
was significantly associated with a higher frequency of behavioral
problems and illness in the family leads to a much more emotional
problems (P < 0.05).
Conclusion The obtained results of this study indicate that early
adolescents showed low levels of emotional and behavioral prob-
lems. There is a significant correlation between socio-demographic
risk factors and emotional and behavioral problems early adoles-
cents.
Keywords Emotional problems; Behavioral problems; Children;
Early adolescents; Sociodemographic factors.
Disclosure of interest The author has not supplied his/her decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW0073
What are the mental health impacts
on adults coming from childhood
bullying?
A. Hashorva , T. Pengili∗, M. Lici , I. Prifti
University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Psychiatric department,
Tirana, Albania
∗ Corresponding author.
Though there is no universal definition of childhood bullying, the
term is often used to describe when a child repeatedly and delib-
erately says or does things that causes distress to another child.
Research shows that persistent bullying can cause depression and
anxiety and contribute to suicidal behaviour.
This paper will bring into focus some studies done by the Depart-
ment of Mental Health that show that the impact of bullying in
childhood can cause depression, anxiety and especially OCD in
adult. Also strongly contributes to bullying in suicidal behaviour.
The study involved 177 children aged 9–15 years old and were fol-
lowed until they were 19–25 years old. The study ended in 2013.
The subjects in this group were found to be 6 times more likely to
have a serious physical illness, or develop a psychiatric disorder in
adulthood than those who were not involved in bullying.
Another study in 2014 found that the negative effects at social,
physical and mental health of childhood bullying are still evident
up to 40 years later. Victims of bullying are 6 times more likely to