TABLE 4.
Univariable Models Predicting Membership in High-Risk Groups
| Brief Symptom Inventory High-Risk Groupa Probability |
Family Assessment Device High-Risk Groupa Probability |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Effect (95% CI) | p | Effect (95% CI) | p |
| Sex | 0.982 | 0.299 | ||
| Male | Reference | Reference | ||
| Female | 0.00 (−0.09 to 0.09) | 0.04 (−0.04 to 0.12) | ||
| Age, yr | 0.024 | 0.977 | ||
| 0–4 | Reference | Reference | ||
| 5–12 | 0.14 (0.04–0.25) | −0.01 (–0.10 to 0.09) | ||
| 13–17 | 0.04 (−0.07 to 0.15) | 0.00 (–0.09 to 0.10) | ||
| Child’s race/ethnicity | 0.008 | 0.842 | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | Reference | Reference | ||
| Non-white/Hispanic | −0.12 (−0.21 to −0.03) | 0.01 (−0.07 to 0.09) | ||
| Chronic device use at baseline | 0.883 | 0.824 | ||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | 0.01 (−0.08 to 0.10) | 0.01 (−0.07 to 0.09) | ||
| Caregiver education level | 0.968 | 0.719 | ||
| High school graduate, general educational development, or less | Reference | Reference | ||
| Vocational school, some college, or 2-yr degree | 0.01 (−0.11 to 0.13) | 0.01 (−0.09 to 0.11) | ||
| College degree or beyond | −0.01 (−0.12 to 0.10) | −0.02 (−0.12 to 0.07) | ||
| Annual household income | 0.209 | 0.297 | ||
| < $30,000 | 0.05 (−0.08 to 0.18) | 0.08 (−0.03 to 0.19) | ||
| $30,000 to < $50,000 | 0.01 (−0.14 to 0.15) | 0.00 (−0.12 to 0.12) | ||
| $50,000–100,000 | Reference | Reference | ||
| ≥ $100,000 | 0.14 (0.00–0.28) | 0.08 (−0.03 to 0.19) | ||
| Single-parent guardian | 0.268 | 0.113 | ||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | –0.05 (–0.15 to 0.04) | 0.07 (–0.02 to 0.15) | ||
| Child insured through state Medicaid | 0.744 | 0.932 | ||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | −0.02 (−0.11 to 0.08) | 0.00 (−0.07 to 0.08) | ||
| Sex of caregiver | 0.175 | 0.914 | ||
| Male | Reference | Reference | ||
| Female | 0.08 (−0.04 to 0.20) | 0.01 (−0.09 to 0.11) | ||
| Medical Complexity Algorithm Category | 0.772 | 0.360 | ||
| None/noncomplex | Reference | Reference | ||
| Complex | 0.01 (−0.08 to 0.10) | 0.04 (−0.04 to 0.11) | ||
| PICU length of stay (d) | −0.00 (−0.00 to 0.00) | 0.522 | −0.00 (−0.00 to 0.00) | 0.942 |
| Neurologic insult(s) during PICU stayb | 0.04 (−0.05 to 0.14) | 0.358 | −0.04 (−0.12 to 0.04) | 0.321 |
a
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and Family Assessment Device (FAD) high-risk group refers to BSI group 2 and FAD group 4 membership probabilities, respectively (refer to Figs. 2 and 3 for group trajectories over time).
b
Inclusive of the following: anisocoria or absence of pupillary response, pathologic breathing pattern, stereotypic posturing or flaccid posture, seizure activity or abnormal electroencephalogram, new anoxic-ischemic injury on CT/MRI imaging, treatment for increased intracranial pressure, neurologic injury suspected by care provider, autonomic storing, cardiopulmonary arrest, or chest compressions