Meta-Analysis of Dance Intervention Effects on Social Skills in Autism

A meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials involving 312 participants, conducted by Yi Jingyao and published in 2026. It quantitatively assesses the effects of dance activities on social skills, communication, and repetitive behaviors in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. The analysis includes data from eight Chinese and English databases searched up to March 20, 2025.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the effect size of dance interventions on social skill impairments based on standardized mean difference (SMD) metrics.
• Conducting subgroup analysis to explore the influence of age on intervention effectiveness.
• Assessing publication bias and heterogeneity across studies included in the meta-analysis.

Strengths

• Includes 14 studies with a total of 312 participants, providing a quantitative basis for analysis.
• Reports specific effect sizes (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals for multiple outcome measures like social interaction and communication.
• Uses established quality assessment (Cochrane tool) and analysis software (RevMan, Stata).

Limitations

• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes high heterogeneity among the included studies and insufficient sample sizes.
• Column-level documentation for the extracted study data is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yi Jingyao.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from eight databases.

Time Range

Literature search conducted up to March 20, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:38:31.