Summary of findings: Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) vs treatment: Spoken communication Measured by: frequency of speech, including non‐word vocalisations (expressed as rates per minute)a
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) changes spoken communication Measured by: frequency of speech, including… compared with treatment (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary of findings: Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) vs treatment Spoken communication Measured by: frequency of speech, including non‐word vocalisations (expressed as rates per minute)a · minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) changes spoken communication Measured by: frequency of speech, including… compared with treatment (very low certainty). Communication interventions for autism spectrum disorder in minimally verbal children (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1.1 | 1 study · 84 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication interventions for autism spectrum disorder in minimally verbal children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.