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Table 4 Bivariate analysis for antiepileptic drugs (AED) and social caregiver factors associated with pathological total scores of sleep disturbances

From: Prevalence and factors associated with sleep disorders among children with cerebral palsy in Uganda; a cross-sectional study

Variables

Sleep disorders

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Chi square p-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Antiepileptic drugs (AED)

Sodium-valproate

13(68)

15(58)

1

 

0.638

Carbamazepine

6(32)

9(35)

0.769(0.2-2.7)

0.686

 

Phenytoin

0(0)

1(4)

  

Phenobarbitone

0(0)

1(4)

  

Child educational level

No-school

43(10)

87(95)

  

0.119

Nursery-school

0(0)

5(5)

   

Caregiver educational level

No schooling/primary

15(35)

36(39)

1

 

0.635

 

O level/A level/Higher

28(65)

56(61)

1.2(0.6-2.6)

0.636

 

Relationship with the child

Mother

34(79)

78(85)

1

 

0.411

Other

9(21)

14(15)

1.475(0.6-3.7)

0.413

 

Bed sharing all night more than 6 months

Yes

29(67)

71(77)

0.613(0.3-1.4)

0.231

0.229

No

14(33)

21(23)

1