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Table 2 Risk factors, surveillance type and disability status for children receiving early intervention services

From: Risk determinants in early intervention use during the first postnatal year in children born very preterm

Variable

Received EI

No EI

OR

95% CI

pvalue

N = 108 (%)

N = 87 (%)

N = 195

Perinatal risk

68 (63.0)

29 (33.3)

1.8

1.4, 2.8

<0.01

Socioeconomic risk

15 (13.9)

22 (25.3)

0.7

0.5, 0.9

0.04

Psychosocial risk

37 (34.3)

29 (33.3)

1.1

0.7, 1.4

0.80

Post discharge surveillance-NICU

62 (57.4)

37 (42.5)

1.8

1.1, 3.2

0.03

Disability status- none

75 (69.4)

74 (85.0)

0.8

0.6, 0.9

<0.01

All disabled

33 (30.6)

12 (13.8)

1.9

1.1, 3.1

<0.01

Mild disabled

13 (12.0)

12 (13.8)

1.0

0.7, 1.6

0.87

Moderate-severe disabled

20 (18.5)

0 (0)

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