Table 2 Chi-square tests between contributing factors and overall outcomes
Outcome | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Very good | p | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age stage | |||||||||||
Adolescents | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 40.9 | 3 | 13.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 6 | 27.3 | 0.010 |
Adults | 12 | 38.7 | 4 | 12.9 | 3 | 9.7 | 6 | 19.4 | 6 | 19.4 | |
Sex | |||||||||||
Male | 11 | 25.0 | 8 | 18.2 | 5 | 11.4 | 10 | 22.7 | 10 | 22.7 | 0.139 |
Female | 1 | 11.1 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | |
Age of acquisition of language | |||||||||||
Never | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.030 |
< 5 years | 6 | 14.3 | 9 | 21.4 | 5 | 11.9 | 10 | 23.8 | 12 | 28.6 | |
> 5 years | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Age of acquisition of bowel and bladder control (years) | |||||||||||
< 3 | 4 | 18.2 | 5 | 22.7 | 1 | 4.5 | 4 | 18.2 | 8 | 36.4 | 0.373 |
> 3 | 8 | 28.6 | 7 | 25.0 | 4 | 14.3 | 5 | 17.9 | 4 | 14.3 | |
Μ | SD | Μ | SD | Μ | SD | Μ | SD | Μ | SD | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age of acquisition of walking | 14.8 | 7.1 | 14.0 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 2.9 | 12.8 | 1.4 | 0.822 |
Severity at initial assessment | |||||||||||
Support required | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 4.5% | 9 | 40.9% | 12 | 54.5% | < 0.001 |
Significant support required | 1 | 9.1% | 4 | 36.4% | 5 | 45.5% | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Very significant support required | 11 | 55.0% | 9 | 45.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Comorbidity at initial assessment | |||||||||||
No | 6 | 15.4% | 7 | 17.9% | 4 | 10.3% | 10 | 25.6% | 12 | 30.8% | 0.007 |
Yes | 6 | 42.9% | 6 | 42.9% | 2 | 14.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Comorbidity today | |||||||||||
No | 4 | 14.8% | 4 | 14.8% | 1 | 3.7% | 7 | 25.9% | 11 | 40.7% | 0.003 |
Yes | 8 | 30.8% | 9 | 34.6% | 5 | 19.2% | 3 | 11.5% | 1 | 3.8% | |