Table 3 Parental mental health summary score, 95% confidence intervals, number of subjects, p-value and effect size for child health status category

NICU children

Neurosensory

48.4 (47.7, 49.0) n = 975

46.3 (41.7, 51.0) n = 33

41.9 (36.0, 47.8) n = 17

.023

.040

.63

Motor development

49.1 (48.5, 49.8) n = 789

45.8 (44.0, 47.6) n = 174

42.0 (38.8, 45.2) n = 63

<.001

<.001

.74

Learning/remembering

49.3 (48.6, 50.0) n = 623

47.5 (46.3, 48.8) n = 298

43.4 (40.9, 45.9) n = 109

<.001

<.001

.63

Quality of life

49.8 (49.0, 50.5) n = 659

46.3 (45.1, 47.4) n = 313

39.4 (35.7, 43.2) n = 59

<.001

<.001

1.11

Healthy children

Neurosensory

48.9 (47.9, 49.8) n = 361

57.0 n = 1

31.1 n = 1

.120

.154

1.89

Motor development

49.2 (48.2, 50.3) n = 333

45.6 (42.6, 48.7) n = 31

37.9 (22.6, 53.2) n = 3

.018

.002

1.18

Learning/remembering

49.6 (48.5, 50.7) n = 266

46.9 (44.7, 49.1) n = 89

45.8 (39.1, 52.5) n = 14

.037

.025

.41

Quality of life

50.1 (49.0, 51.2) n = 271

45.6 (43.5, 47.8) n = 86

36.2 (23.8, 48.6) n = 8

<.001

<.001

1.58