Table 4.

Factors associated with new parental use of antidepressants (Panel a) and anxiolytics (Panel b)

Panel a. New antidepressants
Independent variable	Estimate	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Mothers	0.6013	1.8 (1.7, 2.0)	<0.0001
Each one year increase in parent’s age	−0.0104	1.0 (0.98, 1.0)	<0.0001
Child died in 6 months following PICU hospitalization	0.3753	1.5 (1.0, 2.1)	0.037
New parental diagnosis of depression	2.0249	7.6 (6.8, 8.4)	<0.0001
New parental diagnosis of anxiety disorder	1.7234	5.6 (5.0, 6.2)	<0.0001
New parental diagnosis of acute stress disorder	1.2756	3.6 (3.1, 4.2)	<0.0001
Panel b. New anxiolytics
Independent variable	Estimate	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Mothers	0.4377	1.5 (1.4, 1.6)	<0.0001
Each one year increase in parent’s age	0.0048	1.1 (1.0, 1.1)	0.024
Each day increase in child’s PICU LOS	0.011	1.0 (1.0, 1.1)	<0.0001
Child died in 6 months following PICU hospitalization	0.8967	2.5 (1.8, 3.3)	<0.0001
New parental diagnosis of depression	0.9005	2.5 (2.2, 2.8)	<0.0001
New parental diagnosis of anxiety disorder	1.9658	7.1 (6.4, 7.9)	<0.0001
New parental diagnosis of ASD or PTSD	1.3205	3.7 (3.2, 4.3)	<0.0001

PICU=pediatric intensive care unit; LOS=length of stay; CI=confidence interval