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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2025 Jan 24;74(3):218–224. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000807

Table 3.

Retention of Infants Expected for 6-Month Visit, Overall and by Exposure Group

Characteristic Overall
Retained at 6
Months1
n/N (%)
p Opioid-
Exposed
Retained at
6 Months1
n/N (%)
p Control
Retained at
6 Months1
n/N (%)
p
Exposure status
 Control (Unexposed) 85/103 (83) .0421
 Opioid exposed 149/207 (72)
Maternal age
 <25 36/46 (78) .7692 16/21 (76) .8584 20/25 (80) .1587
 25–29 65/93 (70) 40/60 (67) 25/33 (76)
 30–34 87/108 (81) 64/81 (79) 23/27 (85)
 ≥35 46/62 (74) 29/44 (66) 17/18 (94)
Maternal marital status
 Married 42/53 (79.2) .4941 14/22 (63.6) .3544 28/31 (90.3) .1819
 Not married 184/246 (74.8) 130/178 (73.0) 54/68 (79.4)
Maternal education
 Less than high school 38/50 (76.0) .1248 33/44 (75.0) .5143 5/6 (83.3) .1894
 High school diploma 79/112 (70.5) 53/77 (68.8) 26/35 (74.3)
 More than high school 114/138 (82.6) 62/79 (78.5) 52/59 (88.1)
Public insurance
 Yes 197/267 (73.8) .0803 136/189 (72.0) .9090 61/78 (78.2) .0547
 No 33/38 (86.8) 11/15 (73.3) 22/23 (95.7)
Parity
 1 50/67 (74.6) .8122 20/32 (62.5) .1762 30/35 (85.7) .5408
 2+ 184/242 (76.0) 129/174 (74.1) 55/68 (80.9)
Discharged to mother
 Yes 200/262 (76.3) .5563 115/159 (72.3) .9986 85/103 (82.5)
 No 34/47 (72.3) 34/47 (72.3) 0/0 (0.0)
Food insecurity (during pregnancy)
 Yes 65/80 (81.3) .6533 53/66 (80.3) .4071 12/14 (85.7) .9223
 No 168/213 (78.9) 96/128 (75.0) 72/85 (84.7)
Spending excessive (> 50%) of income on housing costs (0–1 month)
 Yes 131/164 (79.9) .9204 87/113 (77.0) .9050 44/51 (86.3) .7646
 No 86/107 (80.4) 49/63 (77.8) 37/44 (84.1)
Number of people in household (0–1 month)
 5 or more 89/118 (75.4) .1317 58/78 (74.4) .4575 31/40 (77.5) .0931
 4 or fewer 143/173 (82.7) 90/114 (78.9) 53/59 (89.8)
Moved in last 6 months (0–1 month)
 Yes 52/64 (81.3) .7312 32/38 (84.2) .2431 20/26 (76.9) .1893
 No 180/227 (79.3) 116/154 (75.3) 64/73 (87.7)
Child and Family Services involvement (0–1 month)
 Yes 71/91 (78.0) .6259 67/87 (77.0) .9828 4/4 (100.0) .3883
 No 161/200 (80.5) 81/105 (77.1) 80/95 (84.2)

Note. 1 Retained at 6 months if seen for 6-month visit.