Table 4.
Unadjusted and fully-adjusted odds of being classified as developmentally vulnerable/at-risk on the Australian Early Development Census as an outcome of maternal or paternal psychiatric disorder
| Mother only (n = 665) | Father only (n = 363) | Both parents (n = 54) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEDC Domain | OR | 95% CI | pa | OR | 95% CI | pa | OR | 95% CI | pa |
| Unadjusted results | |||||||||
| Physical health & wellbeing | 1.99 | (1.70–2.35) | 0.001 | 1.69 | (1.35–2.11) | 0.001 | 2.12 | (1.22–3.69) | 0.031 |
| Social competence | 1.92 | (1.63–2.26) | 0.001 | 1.74 | (1.40–2.17) | 0.001 | 1.72 | (0.98–3.03) | 0.07 |
| Emotional maturity | 2.00 | (1.70–2.34) | 0.001 | 1.81 | (1.46–2.24) | 0.001 | 1.94 | (1.12–3.36) | 0.053 |
| Communication skills & general knowledge | 1.75 | (1.48–2.07) | 0.001 | 1.67 | (1.33–2.09) | 0.001 | 1.84 | (1.05–3.25) | 0.07 |
| Language & cognitive skills | 2.07 | (1.77–2.42) | 0.001 | 1.72 | (1.39–2.12) | 0.001 | 2.18 | (1.28–3.72) | 0.021 |
| Fully-adjustedb results | |||||||||
| Physical health & wellbeing | 1.50 | (1.27–1.78) | 0.001 | 1.44 | (1.15–1.81) | 0.005 | 1.53 | (0.87–2.69) | 0.71 |
| Social competence | 1.43 | (1.20–1.69) | 0.001 | 1.47 | (1.17–1.84) | 0.003 | 1.20 | (0.67–2.15) | 0.99 |
| Emotional maturity | 1.51 | (1.28–1.78) | 0.001 | 1.50 | (1.20–1.87) | 0.002 | 1.31 | (0.74–2.30) | 0.99 |
| Communication skills & general knowledge | 1.37 | (1.15–1.64) | 0.001 | 1.38 | (1.09–1.74) | 0.007 | 1.24 | (0.69–2.24) | 0.99 |
| Language & cognitive skills | 1.49 | (1.27–1.76) | 0.001 | 1.39 | (1.12–1.72) | 0.007 | 1.33 | (0.76–2.32) | 0.99 |
AEDC, Australian Early Development Census; OR, Odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
a
Adjusted p-values after Holm's correction applied.
b
Adjusted for child Aboriginality; parent age; mother's marital status; child's ESL status; and local community socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness indices.