The parenting attitudes and the stress of mothers predict the asthmatic severity of their children: a prospective study

Table 7 The ORs for moderate/severe disease vs. remission/mild disease at follow-up for the baseline levels of selected mother's parenting styles and mother's stress/coping behaviors

Questionnaire:	Scale score			P trend
Scale	Low*	Intermediate	High
Age <7 years
SI:
Object dependence of anger	1.0	1.8 (0.64-4.9) ^†	5.5 (1.8-16.8)	.003
Annoying barrier	1.0	2.7 (0.79-9.2)	13.6 (3.6-50.8)	<.001
Disclosure of negative experiences	1.0	0.29 (0.10-0.87)	0.47 (0.17-1.28)	.17
Unfulfilled needs for acceptance	1.0	1.4 (0.52-3.9)	3.8 (1.3-11.0)	.014
Altruism	1.0	3.3 (1.1-10.3)	6.5 (1.9-22.2)	.003
Age 7+ years
T-PCRp:
Interference	1.0	0.96 (0.32-2.8)	4.3 (1.3-13.6)	.019
Inter-parental inconsistency	1.0	0.90 (0.30-2.7)	1.9 (0.67-5.6)	.23
SI:
Egoism	1.0	0.33 (0.10-1.1)	0.21 (0.06-0.66)	.009

OR: odds ratio. SI: Stress Inventory. T-PCRp: Ta-ken Diagnostic Test for Parent-Child Relationship, Parent Form. *Reference category. ^†OR (95% confidence interval), using multiple logistic regression model adjusted for serum Ig E at baseline and severity at baseline.

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