Table 4.

Mental health characteristics among patient’s with congenital esotropia born at normal gestational age versus prematurely

Characteristic	Normal GA (N=95)	Prematurity (N=13)	p-value
Any psychiatric diagnosis reported	29 (31%)	5 (38%)	0.54
Number (%) of patients using psychiatric medication	23 (24%)	4 (31%)	0.73
Number (%) of patients with psychiatric emergency visits	4/63 (6%)	2/12 (17%)	0.24
Number (%) of patients with psychiatric inpatient	3/64 (5%)	2/13 (15%)	0.20
Number (%) of patients with suicide attempts	1/64 (2%)	2/13 (15%)	0.072
Number (%) of patients with suicidal ideation	4/63 (6%)	1/12 (8%)	1.00

Prematurity was defined as less than 37 weeks gestation, and full-term being a total of 37 weeks gestation or greater at the time of birth. Categorical variables are reported using number (percent) and p-values were obtained using Fisher’s Exact test. GA: gestational age