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Table 5 Multiple regression analysis results regarding the deterioration of relationships with friends

From: Relationship between children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their caregivers and friends during early phase of COVID-19 school closure in Japan: Association with difficulty in implementing infection prevention measures

Explanatory variable

When schools were closed

After schools reopened

 

Crude B

95% CIa

β

95% CI

p-value

Crude B

95% CI

β

95% CI

p-value

 

Social distancing

0.247

0.070–0.381

0.163

–0.012–0.311

0.069

–0.014

–0.164 − 0.139

0.018

–0.140–0.171

0.846

 

Washing hands

0.032

–0.143–0.206

–0.104

–0.283 − 0.076

0.255

0.26

0.085–0.403

0.253

0.065–0.410

0.007

 

Wearing a mask

0.124

–0.051–0.305

0.047

–0.131–0.227

0.596

–0.087

–0.253 − 0.084

–0.133

–0.301–0.045

0.145

 

Health check

0.021

–0.167–0.207

0.038

–0.146–0.227

0.667

0.165

–0.008–0.336

–0.031

–0.214–0.152

0.737

 

Airing out

0.019

–0.184–0.228

–0.025

–0.223–0.165

0.767

0.084

–0.100–0.288

0.098

–0.081–0.297

0.259

 

Voluntarily complying with stay-at-home requests

0.162

–0.012–0.353

0.025

–0.156–0.209

0.774

–0.027

–0.207 − 0.147

–0.095

–0.270 − 0.081

0.288

 

Parents’ mental health concerns

0.35

0.174–0.481

0.252

0.074–0.398

0.005

–0.059

–0.206 − 0.103

–0.214

–0.348–0.029

0.021

 

Problematic behaviors when schools were closed

0.371

0.188–0.484

0.284

0.100–0.413

0.002

-

-

-

-

-

 

Problematic behaviors after schools reopened

-

-

-

-

-

0.303

0.118–0.410

0.351

0.144–0.467

< 0.001

 
  1. *Adjusted according to age and sex
  2. **Problematic behaviors observed when schools were closed were adopted as explanatory variables in the “when schools were closed” model, and problematic behaviors after schools had reopened were adopted as explanatory variables in the “after schools reopened” model
  3. aConfidence Interval