| Number of mothers |
30 |
25 |
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| Mothers’ age |
21 to 54 years old (M = 38. 93, SD = 8.71) |
23 to 56 years old (M = 38.04, SD = 8.27) |
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| Number of children |
1 to 5 children: |
1 to 5 children: |
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• most mothers had 1 or |
• most mothers had 1 or |
|
2 children |
2 children |
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• 6 mothers had 3 |
• 5 mothers had 3 |
|
children |
children |
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• 3 mothers had 4 children |
• 1 mother had 4 children |
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• 2 mothers had 5 children |
• 2 mothers had 5 children |
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| Age of the children |
2 to 18 years old (M = 10.70, SD = 5.02) |
2 to 18 years old (M = 9.82, SD = 4.93) |
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| Sex of the children |
16 boys and 14 girls |
15 boys and 10 girls |
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| Birth order of the child |
• most children were the oldest or youngest in the family |
• most children were the oldest or youngest in the family |
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• 8 were the only child |
• 8 were the only child |
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• 1 was the middle child |
• 1 was the middle child |
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| Was the mother the only |
• Yes - 16 mothers |
• Yes - 5 mothers |
| person to take care of the child? |
• No - 14 mothers |
• No - 20 mothers |
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| Other caregivers of the child, who helped the mothers |
• fathers and grandparents (most of the mothers) |
• fathers and grandparents (most of the mothers) |
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• other family members |
• other family members |
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• friend of the mother (1 person) |
• friend who had a child of similar age (1 person) |
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• daughter's boyfriend (1 person) |
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| Time since diagnosis |
2 months to 9 years |
- |
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| Chronic disease experience in the family |
• the child or another person in the family had already suffered from a chronic disease (17 mothers) |
- |
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• the child's cancer was the first such situation in the family (12 mothers) |
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• no answer (1 mother) |
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