Table 3.
Children´s symptoms by parental psychological morbidity.
| Non-exposed | Exposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| % (n/N) | % (n/N) | OR (95% CI)† | |
| Children’s symptoms | |||
| Anxiety/worries | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity φ (GHQ score ˃ 2) | 16.7 (3/18) | 47.5 (19/40) | 3.49 (0.85 to 18.38) |
| Headache(s) | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity (GHQ score ˃ 2) | 16.7 (3/18) | 45.0 (18/40) | 4.40 (0.88 to 31.48) |
| Depressed mood | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity (GHQ score > 2) | 38.9 (7/18) | 37.5 (15/40) | 0.68 (0.20 to 2.34) |
| Sleep disturbances | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity (GHQ score > 2) | 17.6 (3/17) | 32.5 (13/40) | 1.98 (0.51 to 9.80) |
| Stomach pain/nausea | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity (GHQ score > 2) | 27.8 (5/18) | 25.0 (10/40) | 0.81 (0.23 to 3.11) |
| Behavioral problems | |||
| Parental psychological morbidity (GHQ score > 2) | 41.1 (7/17) | 23.7 (9/38) | 0.33 (0.09 to 1.21) |
†OR and 95% CI from multivariate logistic regression adjusted for age and gender
φ Parental psychological morbidity was measured with the GHQ-12 (General Health Questionnaire) referring to ‘the previous weeks’, using a binary cut-off score of > 2.