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目的:探讨补充益生菌是否能改善2-9岁自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童的行为和胃肠道(GI)症状,并进一步探讨这些症状之间的相关性。设计:单盲、随机、安慰剂对照研究。设置:“Continua Kids”的五个发育性儿科门诊。患者:2-9岁被诊断为ASD的儿童及其照顾者。干预措施:益生菌或安慰剂包在50毫升温牛奶/水中重组,每天服用两次,持续3个月。主要结果测量:接受干预3个月后行为(通过社会反应量表-2 (SRS-2)和异常行为清单-2 (ABC-2)工具测量)和GI(通过GI严重程度指数(GSI)评分测量)症状的改变。结果:共有180名ASD患儿入组,其中益生菌组90名,安慰剂组90名。所有的孩子都完成了这项研究。通过SRS-2工具测量,益生菌组的行为症状严重程度显著降低(47.77% vs 23.33%;P =0.000)。经益生菌治疗的儿童在干预后表现出严重症状的显著减少,包括社交退缩/嗜睡(40%)、刻板行为(37.77%)、多动(34.44%)和不当言语(32.22%)(p=0.000)。与安慰剂组相比,他们在便秘(p=0.003)和腹泻(p=0.043)方面也有明显改善。两组均表现出行为和胃肠道症状之间具有统计学意义的相关性。结论:补充益生菌可改善ASD患儿的行为和胃肠道症状,无不良反应。两种症状均显著相关。然而,这些结果需要在更大的样本量中进行验证。试验注册号:CTRI/2021/11/038213。
Impact of probiotic supplements on behavioural and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomised controlled trial.
Objective: To investigate whether probiotic supplementation can improve behavioural and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 2-9 years and further explore the correlation between these symptoms.
Setting: Five developmental paediatric outpatient clinics of 'Continua Kids'.
Patients: Children aged 2-9 years diagnosed with ASD along with their caregivers.
Interventions: Probiotic or placebo sachet reconstituted in 50 mL of lukewarm milk/water, taken two times per day for 3 months.
Main outcome measures: Change in behavioural (measured by Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2) and Aberrant Behaviour Checklist-2 (ABC-2) tools) and GI (measured by GI Severity Index (GSI) score) symptoms after receiving intervention for 3 months.
Results: A total of 180 children with ASD were enrolled in the study (probiotic group: 90 and placebo group: 90). All children completed the study. The probiotic group showed a significant reduction in behavioural symptom severity as measured by the SRS-2 tool (47.77% vs 23.33%; p=0.000) compared with the placebo. Probiotic-treated children demonstrated significant reductions in severe symptoms, including social withdrawal/lethargy (40%), stereotypic behaviour (37.77%), hyperactivity (34.44%) and inappropriate speech (32.22%) post-intervention (p=0.000). They also had marked improvements in constipation (p=0.003) and diarrhoea (p=0.043) compared with the placebo group. Both groups exhibited a statistically significant correlation between behavioural and GI symptoms.
Conclusions: Probiotic supplementation improved behavioural and GI symptoms in children with ASD with no adverse effects. Both symptoms were significantly correlated. However, these results need to be validated in a larger sample size.