Design
autistic, autism
The study design was a randomized two-group controlled pilot trial with repeated measures evaluating the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of NeuroACT compared with TAU for autistic adults. The pilot study design allowed for the inclusion of several outcome measures to cover different aspects of potential treatment benefits and to follow a broad spectrum of symptoms, correlates, and consequences of autism. Assessments were conducted at pre-treatment (T1), post-treatment (T2), and 6 months after treatment completion (T3). Power calculation was based on an open-trial pilot study on ACT for autistic adults (Randomization was conducted block-wise (Flowchart of procedure and participants.