Relationships among depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in parents of children with congenital heart defects: A dynamic triad

Table 6 Factors associated with suicidal ideation severity risk among parents with heart defects, n (%)

Variable	Suicidal ideation severity risk (n = 50)		P value1	aOR (95%CI)
	Yes	No
Age of child in years
< 5 years	10 (32.3)	21 (67.7)	0.392	N/A
≥ 5 years	4 (21.1)	15 (78.9)
Age of father in years
< 45 years	8 (24.2)	25 (75.8)	0.410	N/A
≥ 45 years	6 (35.3)	11 (64.7)
Age of mother in years
< 35 years	10 (37.0)	17 (63.0)	0.123	0.9 (0.8-1.1)
≥ 35 years	4 (17.4)	19 (82.6)
Educational attainment of father
Primary education and less	9 (31.0)	20 (69.0)	0.574	N/A
Secondary education and more	5 (23.8)	16 (76.2)
Educational attainment of mother
Primary education and less	8 (28.6)	20 (71.4)	0.919	N/A
Secondary education and more	6 (27.3)	16 (72.7)
Socioeconomic status
Low socioeconomic class	7 (30.4)	16 (69.6)	0.723	N/A
High socioeconomic class	7 (25.9)	20 (74.1)
Anxiety symptoms
Yes	12 (48.0)	13 (52.0)	0.002	7.5 (1.4-41.6)
No	2 (8.0)	23 (92.0)
Depressive symptoms
Yes	11 (42.3)	15 (57.7)	0.019	2.7 (0.6-13.5)
No	3 (12.5)	21 (87.5)

¹P value from bivariate analysis.

N/A: Not applicable; aOR: Adjusted odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.