Table A1 Predictors of parent preference for inpatient intravenous management of paediatric febrile neutropaenia

From: Health-related quality of life anticipated with different management strategies for paediatric febrile neutropaenia

 

OR

95% CI

P

Parent/family variables

 Age in years

0.98

0.94, 1.02

0.342

 Male

0.58

0.27, 1.24

0.161

 Married

0.91

0.37, 2.26

0.846

 Minimum education college or university

0.48

0.22, 1.02

0.057

 Full time employment

0.69

0.37, 1.31

0.257

 Private health insurance

0.71

0.30, 1.73

0.456

 Annual income ⩾$60 000a

0.37

0.17, 0.81

0.013

 Minutes travel to hospital

1.01

1.00, 1.02

0.135

Febrile neutropaenia experience and child and cancer variables

 History of FN

0.72

0.37, 1.39

0.330

 Child age in years

0.96

0.90, 1.02

0.367

 Child male

0.73

0.38, 1.40

0.284

 Years since diagnosis

0.94

0.77, 1.15

0.546

 Leukaemia vs other diagnoses

1.68

0.89, 3.18

0.110

Current HRQL

 VAS

0.80

0.70, 0.92

0.001

 HUI2

0.12

0.02, 0.87

0.036

 HUI3

0.17

0.04, 0.85

0.031

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; FN=febrile neutropaenia; HRQL=health-related quality of life; HUI=health utilities index; OR=odds ratio; VAS=visual analogue scale.
  2. aIn Canadian dollars.
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