Parental stress when caring for a child with cancer in Jordan: a cross-sectional survey

Table 2 All families - Final models for parental stress adjusting for spousal stress and family characteristics

	Mothers			Fathers
	(adjusted R² = 0.54, p < 0.001)			(adjusted R² = 0.52, p < 0.001)
	β	t	p	β	t	p
Constant	18.317	13.561	<0.001	3.969	2.699	0.007
Child with cancer yes/no	−2.575	−6.306	<0.001	−0.327	−0.713	0.048
Spousal stress	0.573	22.845	<0.001	0.660	23.064	<0.001
Father’s age			ns so removed			ns so removed
Mother’s age	−0.128	−4.446	<0.001			ns so removed
Father’s employment			ns so removed			ns so removed
Mother’s employment			ns so removed	−0.995	−2.024	0.043
Number of children			ns so removed			ns so removed
Own perception of family finances
Comfortable vs varies	0.868	2.033	0.042	2.214	4.774	<0.001
Comfortable vs tight	1.980	3.232	0.001	4.660	7.236	<0.001

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