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 4 Multivariate generalised regression model for parent mental health problems of autistic children

Predictors	Depression		Anxiety		Sensitivity		Somatization
Predictors	OR	p value	OR	p value	OR	p value	OR	p value
Gender of caregivers #1
Males	0.14	0.053	0.13	0.03*	− 0.32	0.000*	− 0.38	0.001*
Age of Caregivers	0.14	0.057	0.25	0.000*	− 0.14	0.08	− 0.25	0.04*
Numbers of years of education	− 0.006	0.92	0.05	0.33	− 0.02	0.71	− 0.01	0.88
Work of Caregivers	0.13	0.03*	− 0.02	0.69	0.003	0.96	0.15	0.14
Gender of child #2
Males	0.02	0.67	0.06	0.27	0.05	0.5	0.01	0.92
The severity of the disease for child #3
Severe	− 1.06	0.54	1.31	0.000*	1.37	0.001*	1.37	0.03*
Duration of the disease for child	− 0.24	0.05	− 0.03	0.79	0.35	0.008*	− 0.01	0.88
Depression	−	−	− 2.04	0.68	2.49	0.000*	2.29	0.17
Anxiety	− 3.06	0.68			3.63	0.000*	3.96	0.000*
Somatization	1.1	0.17	1.27	0.000*	− 1.31	0.000*
Sensitivity	2.41	0.000*	2.42	0.000*			− 2.72	0.000*
Total score of associative stigma	1.15	0.12	− 1.009	0.92	1.23	0.02*	2.012	0.94
Total score of Burden Scale	1.49	0.000*	1.14	0.25	− 1.38	0.01*	1.05	0.83
Total score of quality of life	− 0.17	0.07	− 0.19	0.02*	0.05	0.64	0.1	0.56