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 3 Multivariate generalised regression model of Total score of Associative Stigma, Total score of Burden Scale, and Total score of quality of life among studied group

Predictors	Total score of Associative Stigma		Total score of Burden Scale		Total score of quality of life
Predictors	OR	p value	OR	p value	OR	p value
Gender of Caregivers #1
Males	− 0.02	0.79	− 0.19	0.005*	− 0.12	0.22
Age of Caregivers	− 0.02	0.79	0.03	0.61	0.23	0.01*
Numbers of years of education	− 0.03	0.62	0.06	0.27	0.08	0.27
Work of Caregivers	− 0.18	0.02*	− 0.12	0.03*	− 0.12	0.12
Gender of child#2
Males	− 0.36	0.000*	− 0.05	0.37	− 0.04	0.62
The severity of the disease for child#3
Severe	1.42	0.001*	− 0.17	0.08	–	–
Duration of the disease for child	− 0.21	0.19	0.61	0.000*	0.18	0.27
Depression	1.26	0.12	1.45	0.000*	1.30	0.07
Anxiety	− 2.02	0.92	2.16	0.25	− 0.41	0.02*
Sensitivity	2.35	0.02*	− 2.29	0.01*	3.073	0.64
Somatization	0.008	0.94	0.01	0.83	0.061	0.56
Total score of Associative Stigma	–	–	− 0.13	0.17	− 0.22	0.09
Total score of Burden Scale	− 0.25	0.17	–	–	− 0.41	0.02*
Total score of quality of life	− 0.23	0.09	− 0.22	0.02*	–	–