TABLE 3.
Means (and SDs) of Impact on Family Scale Scores by Severity of Impairment
| Impact on Family Scale |
No Impairment (n=1,148) |
Mild Impairment (n=1,077) |
Moderate NDI (n=1,112) |
Severe NDI (n=512) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Impacta-f | 29.4±6 | 30.9±7 | 32.5±7 | 34.3±8 | <.0001 |
| Financial Impacta-f | 4.5±1 | 4.6±1 | 4.8±1 | 5.1±1 | <.0001 |
| Disruption of Planninga-f | 10.5±3 | 11.1±3 | 11.7±3 | 12.2±3 | <.0001 |
| Caretaker Burdena-f | 6.6±2 | 7.1±2 | 7.3±2 | 7.8±2 | <.0001 |
| Family Burdena-f | 7.8±2 | 8.1±2 | 8.7±2 | 9.2±3 | <.0001 |
| Copingb | 6.6±2 | 6.8±2 | 7.0±2 | 6.7±2 | .0001 |
| Sibling Impactb | 11.1±3 | 11.4±3 | 11.7±3 | 11.6±3 | .0098 |
Note. NDI=neurodevelopmental impairment. Post hoc pairwise comparisons were conducted only when the overall test was significant at p<.05. To adjust for multiple comparisons, a p of .008 was required for the pairwise comparisons to maintain an effective Type 1 error rate of .05.
a
No vs. Mild (p< .008).
b
No vs. Moderate (p<.008).
c
No vs. Severe (p<.008).
d
Mild vs. Moderate (p<.008).
e
Mild vs. Severe (p<.008).
f
Moderate vs. Severe (p<.008).