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Table 4 Regression results: β coefficienta, pband cumulative adjusted R2 (Adj R2) for each block entered

From: Determinants of parents' experiences with outpatient child and adolescent mental health services

 

Relationship with health personnel

Information and participation

Outcome

Independent variables

β

p

Adj R 2

β

p

Adj R 2

β

p

Adj R 2

(Intercept)

46.76

0.000

 

27.36

0.000

 

78.02

0.000

 

CHILD'S DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

  

0.004

  

0.010

   

   Child's gender (ref Female)

         

Male

   

0.050

0.001

    

   Child's age

-0.063

0.000

 

-0.014

     

CHILD'S CLINICAL DATA AND PREVIOUS CONTACT WITH CAMHS

  

0.009

  

0.021

  

0.034

   Diagnosis axes 1,2,3 and 5 (ref hyperkinetic or conduct disorders)

         

Emotional disorders

-0.029

  

-0.106

0.000

 

-0.033

  

Developmental disorders

0.015

  

-0.014

  

-0.103

0.000

 

Psychosocial problems only

0.013

  

-0.043

0.005

 

-0.080

0.000

 

No mental or behavioural disorders or psychosocial problems

0.009

  

-0.023

  

-0.077

0.000

 

Other mental or behavioural disorders

0.008

  

-0.021

  

-0.059

0.001

 

Not coded or invalid code used

-0.018

  

-0.023

  

-0.044

0.013

 

   Axis 6 (Global Assessment of Psychosocial Disability scale)

-0.029

  

0.007

  

-0.030

  

   Previously treated by CAMHS

-0.030

     

-0.074

0.000

 

PARENTS' DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

  

0.019

  

0.021

  

0.036

   Parents' gender (ref Female)

         

Male

-0.005

  

0.007

     

   Parents' age

0.047

0.006

 

-0.017

     

   Marital status (ref Married)

         

Cohabiting

-0.010

  

-0.018

     

Neither married nor cohabiting

-0.040

0.035

 

-0.032

     

   Household's highest education

   

-0.052

0.000

 

-0.087

0.000

 

   Number of parents in paid work

-0.015

  

-0.015

  

0.021

  

   Parents' ethnic background (ref Norwegian)

         

Western or mixed

0.038

0.012

    

0.009

  

Non-Western

0.002

     

0.022

  

   Native language (ref Norwegian)

         

Other Nordic

   

0.018

     

Other European

   

0.032

0.020

    

Non-European

   

0.021

     

ACCESSIBILITY AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PARENTS

  

0.425

  

0.407

  

0.199

   Length of treatment

-0.034

0.044

 

0.026

  

0.062

0.001

 

   Recorded waiting time

      

-0.022

  

   Perceived waiting time

-0.073

0.000

 

-0.043

0.004

 

-0.026

  

   Number of consultations in the previous 3 months

0.059

0.000

 

-0.031

0.040

 

-0.132

0.000

 

   Suitable number of consultations in the previous 3 months

0.191

0.000

 

0.154

0.000

 

0.186

0.000

 

   Ease of contacting the therapist outside appointments

0.263

0.000

 

0.193

0.000

 

0.086

0.000

 

   Parents' participation in consultations

0.040

0.013

 

0.027

  

-0.036

  

   Parents' understanding of services

0.326

0.000

 

0.429

0.000

 

0.248

0.000

 
  1. a Blank spaces in the β-coefficient column indicate that the variable was not included in the final model because it had no statistically significant effect (p > 0.1) in the bivariate regression analysis.
  2. b Blank spaces in the p column indicate that the variable was not statistically significant (p > 0.05).