Table 3.
Estimated regression coefficients for variables included in multivariable models for Family Quality of Life Scale and Burden Interview total scores.
| Characteristic | FQoLS total scores |
BI total scores |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | 95 % CI | P | CF | 95 % CI | P | |
| Patients’ age | 0.24 | −0.22,0.71 | 0.30 | −0.38 | −0.80,0.02 | 0.064 |
| Patients’ sex, male vs female | 1.37 | −2.19,4.93 | 0.44 | −1.03 | −2.14,4.22 | 0.521 |
| GMFCS, low impairment vs high impairment | −0.25 | −4.43,3.91 | 0.90 | 0.66 | −3.06,4.38 | 0.727 |
| EDACS, low impairment vs high impairment | 3.73 | −1.83,9.31 | 0.18 | −0.69 | −569,4.30 | 0.784 |
| GDD/ID, absent vs present | 0.371 | −4.64,5.38 | 0.88 | 3.00 | −1.46,7.46 | 0.186 |
| Epilepsy, absent vs present | −0.82 | −4.89,3.24 | 0.68 | 1.82 | −1.80,5.45 | 0.323 |
| Family Composition, 2 legal guardians vs 1 legal guardian | −1.79 | −6.12,2.54 | 0.41 | 1.78 | −2.08,5.65 | 0.363 |
| Family Economic Level, low-income vs high-income | −3.46 | −7.92, 0.99 | 0.12 | 0.679 | −3.32,4.68 | 0.738 |
| Educational Level, low level vs high level | 4.27 | 0.38,8.16 | 0.03 | 2.50 | −0.99,6.00 | 0.159 |
| BI total score | −5.52 | −0.66,−0.38 | <0.001 | – | – | – |
| FQoLS total score | – | – | – | −0.41 | −0.52,−0.30 | <0.001 |
Bold type indicates statistical significance.
Variables not included in the multivariable models are indicated with a dash.
Abbreviations: BI, Burden Interview; CF, coefficient; CI, confidence interval; CP, cerebral palsy; EDACS, Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System; FQoLS, Family Quality of Life Scale; GDD, global developmental delay; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System; ID, intellectual disability.