TABLE 2

Descriptive Statistics of Predictor/Outcome Variables and Correlations With Demographic/Clinical Variables

Variable	Total Need Fulfillment	Important Need Fulfillment	Parent Participation	Parent Anxiety	Parent Depression
Descriptive statistics
Mean ± SD	0.89 ± 0.13	0.94 ± 0.10	23.5 ± 6.5	6.9 ± 3.7	3.5 ± 2.9
Range	0.28–1	0.37–1	5–36	0–17	0–14
Demographic/clinical variables
Parent age (y), n = 164^a
Correlation	−0.11	−0.09	−0.17	−0.19	−0.05
Significance^b	0.15	0.26	0.03	0.02	0.50
Parent race (non-white), n = 166^a
Slope	0.01	0.01	0.95	−0.53	0.01
Significance	0.52	0.16	0.11	0.13	0.98
Parent educational level (≤GED), n = 158^a
Slope	0.02	0.02	−0.90	0.02	0.17
Significance	0.13	0.03	0.10	0.94	0.47
Travel time to hospital (min), n = 165^a
Correlation	−0.08	−0.18	0.04	0.07	0.21
Significance	0.34	0.02	0.62	0.40	0.01
Parent sex (female), n = 166
Slope	0.03	0.01	0.50	0.33	−0.09
Significance	0.01	0.23	0.43	0.38	0.75
Marital status (single), n = 164
Slope	0.00	−0.01	0.59	−0.23	0.07
Significance	0.75	0.37	0.29	0.48	0.78
Parent employment (unemployed), n = 163
Slope	0.00	0.00	−0.30	0.43	0.37
Significance	0.79	0.85	0.64	0.26	0.20
Child age (y), n = 166^a
Correlation	−0.10	−0.10	−0.21	−0.10	−0.05
Significance	0.19	0.199	0.01	0.199	0.54
Child sex (female), n = 166
Slope	0.01	0.01	−0.32	−0.11	0.22
Significance	0.63	0.56	0.53	0.72	0.33
Medical history (previous diagnosis), n = 166
Slope	−0.01	−0.01	−0.23	0.16	0.05
Significance	0.29	0.37	0.68	0.62	0.85
No. of previous admissions, n = 159
Correlation	0.02	−0.01	0.23	0.04	0.05
Significance	0.85	0.86	0.004	0.67	0.54
Admitting service (specialty service), n = 166
Slope	−0.01	−0.01	0.07	−0.30	−0.24
Significance	0.30	0.51	0.90	0.33	0.31
Reason for admission (unplanned), n = 166
Slope	0.02	0.01	0.42	0.41	0.31
Significance	0.10	0.41	0.52	0.28	0.29
Time since admission (h), n = 166
Correlation	−0.04	0.01	0.11	−0.02	−0.08
Significance	0.65	0.91	0.16	0.80	0.34
Length of stay (h), n = 166
Correlation	−0.03	0.04	0.12	−0.10	0.08
Significance	0.72	0.64	0.14	0.23	0.29

GED, General Educational Development test.
↵a Variables were simultaneously correlated (P < .2) with 1 or more predictor variables and 1 or more outcome variables and were therefore included as covariates in multiple linear regression analyses.
↵b All significance levels are 2-tailed.