Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing impairment

BMC Pediatrics

Table 7 Multiple linear regression analysis for factors affecting scales of SDQ

Independent variable	Emotional scale		Conduct scale		Hyperactivity scale		Peer relationship scale		Total scale		Prosocial scale
Independent variable	Adjusted B#	P value	Adjusted B#	P value	Adjusted B#	P value	Adjusted B#	P value	Adjusted B#	P value	Adjusted B#	P value
Age	-0.032	0.727	-0.080	0.230	-0.142	0.146	0.020	0.727	-0.248	0.299	0.065	0.322
Age at diagnosis	0.101	0.392	0.180	0.034*	0.213	0.089	0.117	0.113	0.606	0.047*	-0.151	0.074
Sex (Female)	0.260	0.590	-0.790	0.024*	-1.15	0.025*	0.109	0.717	-1.752	0.162	0.483	0.164
Degree of hearing loss	1.224	0.195	0.429	0.525	1.067	0.286	0.713	0.226	3.38	0.166	0.119	0.860
School achievement	0.415	0.351	-0.371	0.245	-0.416	0.378	0.382	0.170	0.104	0.928	0.267	0.402
Degree of discrimination	0.395	0.095	0.325	0.055	0.515	0.040*	0.082	0.574	1.335	0.030*	-0.146	0.388
Delay time of intervention	-0.266	0.160	-0.189	0.165	-0.066	0.742	0.008	0.943	-0.577	0.238	-0.112	0.409
Laterality (bilateral)	1.196	0.078	0.395	0.415	0.618	0.388	0.298	0.479	2.321	0.185	0.736	0.130
Aiding device (CI)	-0.227	0.774	0.580	0.308	1.090	0.195	-0.136	0.783	1.548	0.450	-0.013	0.982

# Adjustment was made for age, age at diagnosis, female sex, degree of hearing loss, school achievement, degree of discrimination, the delay time of intervention, laterality, and aiding device
*: Significant difference (p-value ≤ 0.05)

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