Functional analyses allow clinicians to develop treatment targeting the variables maintaining a child's inappropriate mealtime behavior (Bachmeyer et al., 2019). Extended functional analyses can be inefficient, potentially delaying the onset of treatment. Researchers have suggested a trial-based functional analysis can increase assessment efficiency (Saini, Fisher, et al., 2019). This study compared trial-based functional analyses to extended functional analyses to determine the variables maintaining inappropriate mealtime behavior. We compared the efficiency and acceptability and evaluated treatments informed by the analyses. Exact correspondence between analyses was low (29%); however, most treatments indicated by the trial-based functional analyses (80%) resulted in improvements in the child's target behavior. The trial-based functional analysis required 71% less time than the extended functional analysis, and caregivers found analyses equally acceptable. Future researchers should continue refining trial-based functional analysis procedures to provide an efficient assessment that leads to efficacious treatment.

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对不适当进餐行为的基于试验的功能分析的评估

功能分析使临床医生能够开发针对维持儿童不当用餐时间行为的变量的治疗方法（Bachmeyer 等人，2019 年）。扩展功能分析可能效率低下，可能会延迟治疗的开始。研究人员建议，基于试验的功能分析可以提高评估效率（Saini、Fisher 等人，2019 年）。本研究将基于试验的功能分析与扩展功能分析进行比较，以确定维持不适当进餐行为的变量。我们比较了效率和可接受性，并根据分析评估了治疗方法。分析之间的精确对应性很低（29%）；然而，基于试验的功能分析（80%）显示的大多数治疗方法都能改善儿童的目标行为。与扩展功能分析相比，基于试验的功能分析所需的时间减少了 71%，并且护理人员发现分析同样可以接受。未来的研究人员应继续完善基于试验的功能分析程序，以提供有效的评估，从而实现有效的治疗。