Association between household food insecurity status and use of any health services for a mental or substance use disorder among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada (sensitivity analysis)
| Exposure | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted model | Partially adjusted model* | Fully adjusted model† | |
| Food-secure | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Marginally food-insecure | 1.47 (1.28–1.68) | 1.46 (1.27–1.68) | 1.37 (1.19–1.58) |
| Moderately food-insecure | 1.63 (1.45–1.84) | 1.56 (1.38–1.77) | 1.39 (1.23–1.58) |
| Severely food-insecure | 1.78 (1.51–2.09) | 1.73 (1.45–2.05) | 1.42 (1.19–1.69) |
Note: CI = confidence interval, Ref. = reference category.
↵* Adjusted for age, sex, household income and rurality.
↵† Adjusted for age, sex, household income, rurality, racial group, maternal migrant status, maternal mental health visit in the previous year, maternal substance use visit in the previous year, single-parent household, number of children in household and survey cycle. Test for trend prevalence ratio 1.25, 95% CI 1.21–1.31.