Parental presence in the pediatric intensive care unit reduces postoperative sedative requirements: A retrospective study

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models investigating associations of parental care with prescriptions for sedation therapy among pediatric intensive care units patients

Variables	Diazepam		Trimeperidine		Morphine
	Unadj. OR (95%CI)	Adj. OR (95%CI)	Unadj. OR (95%CI)	Adj. OR (95%CI)	Unadj. OR (95%CI)	Adj. OR (95%CI)
Parental care	0.28 (0.14-0.56)c	0.11 (0.05-0.25)c	0.43 (0.25-0.72)b	0.73 (0.33-1.61)	2.69 (1.61-4.50)c	1.84 (0.88-3.84)
Age	0.75 (0.68-0.83)c	0.66 (0.56-0.77)c	2.57 (1.94-3.40)c	2.22 (1.69-2.92)c	0.47 (0.38-0.59)c	0.52 (0.41-0.64)c
Sex, female	0.64 (0.36-1.15)	0.86 (0.40-1.83)	1.61 (0.96-2.70)	0.93 (0.41-2.13)	0.67 (0.40-1.10)	1.12 (0.52-2.41)
Cerebral palsy	3.89 (1.30-11.6)a	21.0 (3.4-129.1)b	3.35 (0.60-18.6)	1.77 (0.02-147.2)	0.27 (0.05-1.49)	0.42 (0.01-13.9)

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

Unadj: Unadjusted; Adj: Adjusted; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.