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Table 3 Characteristics of the 46 children and their families between a high and low questionnaire completion group of parents

From: The use of routine outcome monitoring in child semi-residential psychiatry: predicting parents’ completion rates

Variables at baseline

High Completion

Low Completion

(n = 31)

(n = 15)

Age

9.2(1.5)

8.3(1.6)

Female %

22.6

13.3

Family composition

  
 

Biological parents %

77.4

53.3

 

Single parents %

9.7

40

 

Other %

12.9

6.7

Parental educational level

  
 

Early/ primary %

3.2 a

0b

0a

7.1b

 

Lower/ upper secondary %

77.4a

71b

66.7a

28.6b

 

Bachelor/ master/ doctoral %

19.4a

19.4b

20a

35.7b

Days in day treatment

324

318.6

DSM-IV AXIS I classification

  
 

PDD %

77.4

53.3

 

ADHD/ODD %

6.5

6.7

 

Mood and anxiety disorders %

6.5

13.3

 

Other disorders %

9.7

29.7

Presence comorbidity on DSM-IVAXIS I %

38.7

60

Parenting stress level

  
 

Parent–child relation

12(3.0)a

10.9(3.3)b

11.7(4.2)a

10.5(4.3)b

 

Parenting

15.5(3.1)a

15.1(3.2)b

15(3.9)a

15.5(6.5)b

Depressive mood

11.2(2.8)a

10.7(2.9)b

11.8(2.5)a

10.5(3.2)b

 

Role restriction

13.1(5.9)a

10.3(3.9)b

12.6(4.6)a

10.4(4.9)b

 

Physical health

12.7(4.2)a

10.6(3.1)b

15.9(4.0)a

11.3(4.5)b

Parent-team alliance

  
 

Bond

13.5c

13c

 

Task

14c

12.9c

 

Goal

14.9c

12.7c

 

Insight

5.7a

6.1b

5.3a

5.5b

 

Bond

15.0a

14.9b

14.6a

15.2b

 

Task/Goal

20.0a

21.5b

21.8a

21.4b

Treatment condition: alliance strengthening %

54.8

46.7

  1. Values given are means (SD), unless otherwise indicated
  2. Higher scores reflected higher stress level/ more symptoms/stronger alliance
  3. PDD pervasive development disorder, ADHD/ODD attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/oppositional defiant disorder
  4. aFrom the perspective of mothers
  5. bFrom the perspective of fathers
  6. cFrom the perspective of casemanagers