The possible relation between stigma, parent psychiatric symptoms, quality of life and the disease burden in families of children with autism spectrum disorder in Egypt: a multicentre study

Table 2 Associative stigma, SCL90, and Quality of life between Caregivers of children with moderate (n = 27) and severe (n = 43) autism

Variables	caregivers of moderate burden (N = 27)		caregivers of severe burden (N = 43)		Total (N = 70)		P value
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%	P value
Associative stigma
Low	11	40.7%	5	11.6%	16	22.9%	0.002*
Moderate	14	51.9%	17	39.5%	19	27.1%
High	2	7.4%	21	48.8%	35	50%
Depression
Normal	27	100%	29	67.4%	56	80%	0.001*
Abnormal	0	0%	14	32.6%	14	20%	0.001*
Anxiety
Normal	27	100%	27	62.8%	54	77.1%	0.000*
Abnormal	0	0%	16	37.2%	16	22.9%	0.000*
Sensitivity
Normal	25	92.6%	35	81.4%	60	85.7%	0.2
Abnormal	2	7.4%	8	18.6%	10	14.3%	0.2
Somatization
Normal	21	77.8%	25	58.1%	46	65.7%	0.09
Abnormal	6	22.2%	18	41.9%	24	34.3%	0.09
Quality of life
Low	0	0%	9	20.9%	9	12.9%	0.000*
Moderate	15	55.6%	30	69.8%	45	64.3%
High	12	44.4%	4	9.3%	16	22.9%