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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2010 Jul 12;126(2):306–314. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-0526

TABLE 4.

Characteristics Associated With High SDM Among Children With ADHD

Variable High SDM (Unadjusted), % High SDM (Standardizeda), % (95% CI) P
Demographic characteristic
 Gender
  Male 65.2 73.6 (69.2–77.9) Baseline
  Female 65.7 73.0 (67.9–78.1) .85
 Race
  White 65.6 72.9 (68.9–77.0) Baseline
  Black 63.3 73.7 (66.1–81.4) .83
  Other 66.1 76.5 (65.5–87.5) .56
 Parental education
  No degree 62.5 74.0 (65.7–82.3) Baseline
  High school complete 64.7 73.8 (68.9–78.8) .97
  Bachelor’s degree 62.2 70.8 (62.5–79.1) .60
  Graduate-level degree 61.5 66.8 (53.8–79.9) .38
  Other degree 73.7 78.8 (72.1–85.4) .33
 Insurance coverage
  Any private 68.0 75.0 (70.3–79.6) Baseline
  Public 60.2 70.2 (64.5–75.9) .21
  None 60.2 70.0 (44.6–94.8) .67
Health status
 General health: score on Child Health Questionnaire items
  Low (worst health) 51.0 63.7 (54.4–72.9) Baseline
  Medium 58.8 67.2 (61.2–73.3) .37
  High (best health) 73.2 76.6 (72.6–80.5) .003
 Behavioral impairment: Columbia Impairment Scale (only includes children ≥5 y old)
  Unimpaired 75.4 75.1 (70.9–79.2) Baseline
  Impaired 57.0 62.2 (57.1–67.3) <.001
Access to care
 Difficulty in getting to usual source of care
  Very difficult 44.8 64.8 (45.3–84.4) Baseline
  Somewhat difficult 69.1 73.9 (63.9–83.9) .43
  Not too difficult 60.9 72.8 (66.6–79.0) .38
  Not at all difficult 67.5 73.5 (69.3–77.7) .35
 Difficulty in contacting usual source of care by telephone
  Very difficult 43.2 54.8 (38.6–70.9) Baseline
  Somewhat difficult 45.5 57.7 (47.2–68.1) .74
  Not too difficult 56.7 66.2 (59.5–72.9) .18
  Not at all difficult 75.6 80.6 (76.7–84.6) <.001
a

Marginal standardization was used for comparisons and can be interpreted as the fraction of subjects who would engage in full participation if standardized to the characteristics of the entire sample.