56 Chapter 3 was reached. There were no drop-outs. The possibility of hosting a second focus group was kept open, depending on the outcomes, but was not held for reasons mentioned below (see Data Analysis). As a sign of appreciation participants received a €20 gift card. Participants Online survey Overall, 39 birthmothers and 6 birthfathers (total N=45) completed the online survey. Originally, 46 parents completed the online survey but one parent was excluded from data analysis since he or she did not meet the inclusion criteria (other diagnosis, no ASD). All participants reported in name of both parents. In total, 39 mothers and 43 fathers were native Dutch individuals. Three mothers were of other European nationality (6.6%), one was Mongolian (2.2%), one was Turkish (2.2%) and one was from the Dutch Antilles (2.2%). One father had the Colombian nationality (2.3%). Information about one father was missing. Participants reported on the early identification process and diagnostic assessment trajectory of 45 children. The majority of these children was male (82%). All 45 children had the Dutch nationality, three (6.7%) had a second nationality (British, German or Italian). All children were diagnosed with ASD. In total 11.11% of the children had a comorbid disorder: ADHD (4.4%) intellectual disability (4.4%) and selective mutism (2.2%). See Table 1 for more details on family and child characteristics. Table 1. Family characteristics of the online survey Mean Age (year;months), and range Father (N = 44) 37;9 [26;0 - 60;0] Mother (N = 45) 35;10 [24;6 - 45;5] Child (N=45) 5;9 [3;0 - 8;4] Level of parental education Primary/junior vocational 2.3% 2.2% - Secondarya 63.6% 53.3% - Higher professional/university 34.1% 44.4% - Primary diagnosis None 56.8% 62.2% - ASD 11.4% 2.2% 100% Suspected ASDb 2.3% - - ADHD 9.1% 2.2% - Anxiety 2.3% 2.2% - Depression 2.3% - Stress/burnout 6.8% 6.7% - Comorbidity 9.1% 24.4% 11% c a Junior general secondary, senior secondary vocational, senior general secondary and pre-university. b Diagnosis not confirmed. c All children were diagnosed with ASD; 11% of them had a comorbid disorder.
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