Table 5.

Parental psychological distress by perceived fulfillment of needs utilizing bivariate simple linear regression analysis

Needs (Total = 146)	Stress		Anxiety		Depression
	β (coef.)	p value	β (coef.)	p value	β (coef.)	p value
Early diagnosis (124)
Met (59.7%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (31.5%)	0.92	0.673	−2.14	0.239	−1.53	0.386
Extremely unmet (8.8%)	−2.35	0.521	−4.59	0.131	−2.37	0.426
Trained specialists (121)
Met (69.8%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (24%)	4.18	0.088	2.79	0.163	2.81	0.154
Extremely unmet (6.2%)	1.61	0.723	−0.26	0.945	0.84	0.818
Financial support (105)
Met (49.2%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (31.5%)	1.82	0.436	0.71	0.715	1.27	0.505
Extremely unmet (19.3%)	−0.05	0.984	−1.66	0.469	−0.17	0.938
Inclusive education (101)
Met (32.8%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (42.5%)	0.39	0.864	−0.75	0.699	−0.08	0.964
Extremely unmet (24.7%)	1.31	0.624	−2.21	0.322	0.26	0.904
Acceptance by society (112)
Met (55.7%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (33.3%)	6.53	0.003	4.68	0.012	4.67	0.008
Extremely unmet (11%)	8.15	0.015	5.12	0.074	7.87	0.004
Support from families (134)	−0.50	0.047	−0.51	0.013	−0.54	0.006
Support from friends (131)	−0.65	0.003	−0.64	0.001	−0.53	0.002
Support from significant other (129)	−0.48	0.050	−0.51	0.010	−0.50	0.009
Support from parental support groups (108)
Met (57.5%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (27.5%)	2.16	0.357	−0.3	0.88	−0.07	0.97
Extremely unmet (15%)	3.86	0.194	1.57	0.535	2.37	0.334
Multidisciplinary team (124)
Met (71.8%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Unmet (20%)	2.69	0.289	3.13	0.134	2.71	0.183
Extremely unmet (8.2%)	0.75	0.843	−2.07	0.507	0.08	0.978
Having barriers to become a member of parental support group (130)
No (8.7%)	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Yes (91.3%)	4.769	0.200	3.26	0.298	2.384	0.436