Determinants of caregiver satisfaction with child neurodevelopmental assessment in neuropaediatric clinics

Table 3 Bivariate relationships between overall caregiver satisfaction with child neurodevelopmental assessment and background variables

	N	M (SD)/n(%)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1 Satisfaction	265	3.65 (.58)
2 Benefit	265	3.22 (.75)	.47 ^***
3 Clinic	265	227 (85.7%)	.01	−.09
4 Referral source	265	79 (29.8%)	−.16 ^*	−.03	.08
5 Wait time, days	265	90.29 (53.13)	−.02	−.05	−.08	−.09
6 Gender of respondent	243	58 (23.9%)	.13 ^*	.06	.08	.05	−.06
7 Mother tongue	265	241 (90.9%)	−.17 ^**	−.13 ^*	−.09	.06	.12 ^*	−.15 ^*
8 Socioeconomic status	221	21 (9.5%)	.23 ^***	.14 ^*	.09	−.01	.06	.02	−.08
9 Education	265	139 (52.5%)	.05	.04	.04	−.06	.00	.14 ^*	.04	.05
10 Mental health	220	11.79 (5.11)	−.11	−.10	.00	.07	.02	.03	.00	−.22 ^***	−.09
11 Age of child	265	10.22 (3.88)	−.08	−.20 ^**	.03	−.03	−.04	.03	−.04	.13	−.01	−.03
12 Gender of child	265	162 (61.1%)	.01	.02	.09	−.14 ^*	.01	.04	−.14 ^*	.14 ^*	−.06	−.04	.11
13 Child’s psychosocial functioning	256	56.40 (13.93)	.14 ^*	.04	.06	−.04	−.09	−.01	.04	.10	.16 ^**	−.12	−.02	.12

Note. N including only those who answered both questions about satisfaction and perceived benefit with the assessment. Clinic: 0 – University Hospital of North Norway, 1 – Finnmark Hospital Trust; referral source: 0 – medical specialist, 1 – general practitioner; gender: 0 – male, 1 – female; mother tongue: 0 – Norwegian, 1 – others; socioeconomic status: 0 – lower, 1 – higher; education: 0 – lower, 1 – higher; mental health: a score from the Everyday Feeling Questionnaire, higher scores mean higher distress in a caregiver; child’s psychosocial functioning measured by CGAS (Children’s Global Assessment Scale); *p < .05. **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed test)

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