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Table 4 Hierarchical multiple regression analysis results for the prediction of caregiver satisfaction with and benefit of the assessment

From: Determinants of caregiver satisfaction with child neurodevelopmental assessment in neuropaediatric clinics

Predicting variables

Satisfaction

Benefit

ΔR2

β

ΔR2

β

Step 1: Background variables

.137***

 

.084*

 

Referral source

 

−.10

 

.01

Caregiver’s gender

 

.04

 

−.02

Mother tongue

 

−.02

 

−.03

Socioeconomic status

 

.10

 

.05

Child’s age

 

−.05

 

−.20**

Child’s psychosocial functioning

 

.07

 

−.04

Step 2: Specific experiences with neuropaediatric services

.416***

 

.227***

 

The clinicians easy to understand

 

.02

 

−.04

Confidence in the clinicians’ professional competence

 

.09

 

−.05

Confidence in the other staff’s professional skills

 

−.02

 

.08

Informed about how tests or examinations would be carried out

 

−.07

 

.01

Got sufficient information about the child’s diagnosis/afflictions

 

.05

 

.17*

The treatment suited to the child’s situation

 

.48***

 

.26**

Involvement in any decisions regarding the child’s treatment

 

.03

 

.00

Perceiving the clinic’s work as well organised

 

.07

 

.14

The clinic cooperated well with other public services

 

.21**

 

.10

Total R2

 

.553***

 

.310***

  1. Note. All β (standardised coefficients) were from the final model with all steps included. Referral source: 0 – specialist, 1 – general practitioner; gender: 0 – male, 1 – female; mother tongue: 0 – Norwegian, 1 – others; socioeconomic status: 0 – lower, 1 – higher; child’s psychosocial functioning measured by CGAS (Children’s Global Assessment Scale); *p < .05. **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed test)