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. 2018 Dec 18;69(680):e182–e189. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X700733

Table 2.

Adjusted incidence rate ratios and 95% CIs for contacts with GP and services provided during the child’s first 6 years of life

Outcome IRR (95 % CI) Recent depression IRR (95 % CI) Previous depression IRR (95 % CI) Past depression
Contacts
  Total 1.16 (1.15 to 1.17) 1.13 (1.13 to 1.14) 1.15 (1.14 to 1.16)
  Daytime visits 1.13 (1.12 to 1.13) 1.09 (1.08 to 1.09) 1.10 (1.09 to 1.10)
  Daytime telephone consultations 1.13 (1.12 to 1.15) 1.16 (1.15 to 1.17) 1.20 (1.19 to 1.22)
  Email consultations 1.05 (0.98 to 1.13) 1.17 (1.12 to 1.22) 1.24 (1.18 to 1.31)
  Out-of-hours (OOH) visits 1.29 (1.28 to 1.31) 1.20 (1.19 to 1.21) 1.20 (1.18 to 1.21)
  OOH telephone consultations 1.25 (1.23 to 1.27) 1.21 (1.20 to 1.22) 1.24 (1.22 to 1.25)

Supplementary services
  Spirometry 1.30 (1.09 to 1.55) 1.21 (1.13 to 1.31) 1.29 (1.16 to 1.43)
  Tympanometry 1.09 (1.05 to 1.12) 1.02 (1.01 to 1.04) 1.07 (1.05 to 1.09)
  C-reactive protein 1.24 (1.20 to 1.28) 1.16 (1.14 to 1.19) 1.18 (1.15 to 1.21)
  Positivea 1.21 (1.13 to 1.29) 1.15 (1.11 to 1.19) 1.16 (1.11 to 1.21)
  Strep A test 1.19 (1.17 to 1.21) 1.10 (1.09 to 1.12) 1.11 (1.09 to 1.13)
  Positive Strep Aa 1.19 (1.15 to 1.23) 1.09 (1.07 to 1.10) 1.10 (1.08 to 1.13)
  Urinary stixb 1.21 (1.16 to 1.26) 1.18 (1.15 to 1.20) 1.22 (1.18 to 1.25)
  Positive U-stixa 1.24 (1.13 to 1.35) 1.16 (1.12 to 1.21) 1.17 (1.11 to 1.24)
a

A test was defined as positive if followed by reimbursement of antibiotics (ACT code J01) within a week of the performed test.

b

Urinary stix is used as a part of the diagnosis of urinary tract infections. CI = confidence interval. IRR = adjusted incidence rate ratio. Adjusted IRRs aggregated by age 0–6 years; adjusted for parity (indicator capped at 4); sex of child, gestational age (three groups); maternal age at birth; age of child; calendar year; maternal income (three groups); education level (three groups); cohabitation (four groups); paternal depression (four groups), paternal and maternal mental comorbidities (dichotomous). The reference group for the adjusted IRRs was children of mothers with no depression.