Table 3.

Multivariate logistic model for poor emotional state (presence of 3–4 negative items).

		Betha	OR*	CI 95%	p-value
Type of information given to the child	Realistic information	0	1
	Information misrepresenting the negative aspects	0.05372	1.055	(0.712–1.565)	0.789
	Creative explanations	−1.48621	0.226	(0.073–0.700)	0.009
	No information	−0.58049	0.560	(0.227–1.378)	0.206
Appetite	Has more	0	1
	No change	−0.30185	0.739	(0.510–1.072)	0.111
	Has less	0.83570	2.306	(1.454–3.658)	0.001
Home with garden	No answer	0	1
	Yes	−0.54739	0.578	(0.335–1.000)	0.049
	No	−0.10606	0.899	(0.525–1.542)	0.699
Sleep disturbance	No	−0.88301	0.414	(0.300–0.570)	<0.001
Parent believes situation will not normalize	No	1.00382	2.729	(1.791–4.157)	<0.001
Only child	Yes	−0.40418	0.668	(0.453–0.983)	0.040
Pets in the home	No	0.36440	1.440	(1.047–1.979)	0.024
Children ask about what is happening	No	−1.06831	0.344	(0.243–0.485)	<0.001
Return to activity	No	−0.43769	0.646	(0.464–0.898)	0.009
Age		0.04036	1.041	(0.986–1.100)	0.148
Sex (Female)		0.16531	1.180	(0.867–1.605)	0.292

Training sample n = 1,000; test sample n = 501; number of children with a poor emotional state (3–4 items) in the training sample = 347; area under the ROC curve in the test sample = 0.812 (95% CI 0.773–0.850). Homer-Lemeshow p-value = 0.713; accuracy rate in the test sample = 75.4%. Nagelkerke's R² = 0.339. Likelihood ratio chi-squared test = 281.8 (p < 0.001).

^*Model adjusted for control of disease.