Table 3.
Results from the multiple-regression prediction model
Term | Coefficient | SE Coefficient | T | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 0.554 | 0.658 | 0.84 | 0.401 |
Parent gender | 0.022 | 0.106 | 0.21 | 0.832 |
Parent age group | 0.006 | 0.058 | 0.11 | 0.913 |
Child age (years) | 0.015 | 0.01 | 1.6 | 0.113 |
Parent education | −0.029 | 0.041 | −0.71 | 0.48 |
Visit type | 0.011 | 0.114 | 0.1 | 0.922 |
Corrective surgery | 0.233 | 0.146 | 1.6 | 0.112 |
Private health insurance | −0.078 | 0.089 | −0.88 | 0.383 |
Home internet access | 0.318 | 0.216 | 1.48 | 0.142 |
Work only web access and post-op complications are ‘essentially’ constants in the regression equation as there were a number of blank responses
This regression analysis was used to understand how/if parents searching the internet changes when any one of the independent variables (parent gender, age group, etc.) is varied, while the other independent variables are held fixed