Table 6.
Mood disorder (n = 268) | Substance abuse disorder (n = 229) | Anxiety disorder (n = 234) | Comorbid disorders (n = 286) | |||||||||
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AEDC Domain | OR | 95% CI | pa | OR | 95% CI | pa | OR | 95% CI | pa | OR | 95% CI | pa |
Unadjusted results | ||||||||||||
Physical health & wellbeing | 1.87 | (1.45–2.41) | 0.001 | 2.65 | (2.03–3.45) | 0.001 | 1.50 | (1.13–1.99) | 0.011 | 2.22 | (1.74–2.83) | 0.001 |
Social competence | 1.52 | (1.17–1.97) | 0.002 | 2.27 | (1.74–2.97) | 0.001 | 1.68 | (1.28–2.21) | 0.001 | 2.09 | (1.64–2.66) | 0.001 |
Emotional maturity | 1.64 | (1.27–2.11) | 0.001 | 2.20 | (1.69–2.87) | 0.001 | 1.66 | (1.27–2.18) | 0.001 | 2.33 | (1.84–2.96) | 0.001 |
Communication skills & general knowledge | 1.62 | (1.24–2.10) | 0.001 | 2.22 | (1.70–2.91) | 0.001 | 1.32 | (0.99–1.77) | 0.06 | 1.95 | (1.53–2.50) | 0.001 |
Language & cognitive skills | 1.67 | (1.31–2.13) | 0.001 | 2.81 | (2.16–3.66) | 0.001 | 1.79 | (1.38–2.32) | 0.001 | 2.01 | (1.59–2.53) | 0.001 |
Fully-adjustedb results | ||||||||||||
Physical health & wellbeing | 2.24 | (1.34–3.73) | 0.010 | 1.92 | (1.32–2.79) | 0.004 | 1.22 | (0.87–1.71) | 0.50 | 1.74 | (1.23–2.47) | 0.008 |
Social competence | 1.52 | (0.98–2.35) | 0.07 | 1.37 | (0.94–1.97) | 0.22 | 1.36 | (0.96–1.93) | 0.33 | 1.27 | (0.88–1.81) | 0.40 |
Emotional maturity | 1.67 | (1.09–2.55) | 0.07 | 1.53 | (1.06–2.22) | 0.10 | 1.33 | (0.97–1.84) | 0.33 | 1.61 | (1.14–2.27) | 0.019 |
Communication skills & general knowledge | 1.80 | (1.11–2.91) | 0.07 | 1.10 | (0.72–1.70) | 0.65 | 1.16 | (0.82–1.65) | 0.50 | 1.26 | (0.88–1.82) | 0.40 |
Language & cognitive skills | 1.54 | (1.08–2.20) | 0.07 | 1.45 | (0.97–2.16) | 0.22 | 1.53 | (1.04–2.26) | 0.16 | 1.81 | (1.25–2.62) | 0.008 |
OR, Odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AEDC, Australian Early Development Census.
Adjusted p-values after Holm's correction applied.
Adjusted for child Aboriginality; parent age; mother's marital status; child's ESL status; and local community socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness indices.