Infantile atopic dermatitis and maternal-infant bonding: a mixed methods study

Table 2 Adjusted multiple regression analyses predicting maternal-infant bonding quality from infantile AD status

	b	SE	95% CI	p-value
Impaired bonding
Child AD status	− 1.48	1.02	− 3.50; 0.55	0.15
Pathological rejection/anger
Child AD status	− 1.74	0.72	− 3.17; − 0.31	0.02
Caregiving anxiety
Child AD status	− 1.47	0.51	− 2.49; − 0.45	0.005
Risk of abuse
Child AD status	− 0.04	0.05	− 0.14; 0.05	0.38

Cases were coded as 1 and controls as 0 on the child AD status variable. The infant’s food allergy status (i.e., yes vs. no), number of adults in the home as well as the mother’s age, relationship status, employment status, allergic disease history, education, whether the mother had a child/children previously, and whether the mother had other children with AD were included as covariates in each of the analyses
AD atopic dermatitis, 95% CI 95th percent confidence interval

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