Table 3.
Factors about child influencing parental anxiety at time of study
| Parent anxious about child’s diagnosis | |||||
| at time of study | |||||
| Child characteristics | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | P-value | |
| n | n | n | |||
| Can sit independently | Y | 11 | 15 | 28 | .002 |
| N | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Can walk independently | Y | 8 | 5 | 7 | .001 |
| N | 4 | 11 | 44 | ||
| Uses wheelchair | Y | 0 | 4 | 24 | .002 |
| N | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Uses feeding support | Y | 1 | 3 | 22 | .03 |
| N | 11 | 13 | 29 | ||
| Uses respiratory support | Y | 0 | 3 | 18 | .03 |
| N | 12 | 13 | 33 | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
| Child age (both groups) | Months | 25.0 (14.6) | 23.4 (18.3) | 24.0 (19.6) | .97 |
| Child age (NBS group) | Months | 25.0 (14.6) | 17.8 (13.8) | 13.6 (10.5) | .04 |