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Table 4 Associations between infant AD severity and maternal sleep outcomes, identified using logistic regression (N = 32)

From: Infantile atopic dermatitis – increasing severity predicts negative impacts on maternal and infant sleep: a mixed methods study

Infant’s AD causes maternal nocturnal wakening

  

Unadjusted model

SE

Adjusted modela

SE

Independent variables

% of severity group endorsing dependent variable

OR (95% CI)

 

OR (95% CI)

 

Mild AD

5.6

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Moderate/severe AD

42.9

12.8 (1.3-124.4)*

14.8

90.4 (2.0-4140.3)**

176.4

Maternal report of difficulty sleeping over the past month, even when sleep was possible

Mild AD

66.7

Ref

 

Ref

 

Moderate/severe AD

71.4

1.3 (0.3–5.7)

1.0

1.1 (0.2–5.8)

0.9

Maternal report of repeated memories, dream or nightmares, over the past month

Mild AD

22.2

Ref

 

Ref

 

Moderate/severe AD

42.9

2.6 (0.6–12.2)

2.0

3.1 (0.5–17.6)

2.7

  1. Abbreviations AD, atopic dermatitis; CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error; OR, odds ratio, Ref = reference category
  2. a Variables included in the adjusted model: Infant age, Maternal education, Maternal ethnicity
  3. *p = 0.028, **p = 0.021