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Table 4 Multivariable analyses of factors associated with patient–clinician discordance on unmet care needs with regard to information regarding diagnosis and/or treatment

From: What if children with psychiatric problems disagree with their clinicians on the need for care? Factors explaining discordance and clinical directions

 

Child multivariable model

Child and parent multivariable model

Child, parent and family/social context multivariable model

N

OR

95% CI

P

N

OR

95% CI

P

N

OR

95% CI

P

Child level

243

   

243

   

186

   

Severity of psychiatric problems

 

1.060

1.010–1.112

0.018

 

1.034

0.985–1.085

0.179

    

Severity of externalizing problems

 

1.120

0.971–1291

0.120

        

Dangerous behavior towards self (yes/no)

 

4.194

2.295–7.664

 < 0.001

 

2.997

1.621-.5.540

 < 0.001

 

3.334

1.478–7.517

0.004

Rule-breaking behavior (yes/no)

 

2.288

1.249–4.192

0.007

 

2.002

1.063–3.769

0.032

 

1.920

0.858–4.300

0.113

Parent level

Degree of parental stress

     

1.069

0.929–1.229

0.352

    

Severity of parent’s psychiatric problems

     

1.107

1.047–1.170

 < 0.001

 

1.125

1.054–1.200

 < 0.001

Family/social context level

Child growing up in a single-parent household

         

2.336

1.076–5.072

0.032

Degree of discordance between parent and child on the severity of the child’s mental health problems

         

1.085

0.964–1.151

0.037

Severity of problems with peers

         

1.053

0.975–1.070

0.155

Problems related to school

            

Severity of problems related to school

         

1.015

0.926–1.113

0.746

  1. Multivariable: binary regression analyses of the predictors that were significant in the univariable analysis, performed simultaneously; n: number of patients; CI: Confidence interval; P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant (in bold)
  2. Child-level: Omnibus test, Step P = 0.000, Model P =  < 0.000, Hosmer–Lemeshow, P = 0.355, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.261
  3. Child-parent-level: Omnibus test, Step P = 0.000, Model P =  < 0.000, Hosmer–Lemeshow, P = 0.917, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.329
  4. Child-parent-family/social-context-level: Omnibus test, Step P = 0.000, Model P =  < 0.000, Hosmer–Lemeshow, P = 0.571, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.451