Table 1 General characteristics of the study sample
From: Quality of life among parents of children with heart disease
| Â | Parents of children with Heart disease | Parents of children with minor illness |
|---|---|---|
Age | Mean & SD, 35.7 ± 20.4 | Mean & SD, 34.7 ± 19.8 |
Education | Â | Â |
Read and write | 256, 64.0% | 213, 53.2% |
Primary & preparatory | 25, 6.3% | 59, 14.7% |
Secondary and higher | 119, 29.7% | 128, 32% |
Marital status | Â | Â |
Married | 378, 94.5% | 393, 98.25% |
Divorced | 3, 0.7% | 1, 0.25% |
Widowed | 19, 4.8% | 6, 1.5% |
Occupation for Fathers | Â | Â |
Manual and trade | 309, 77.3% | 336, 84% |
Employee | 88, 22% | 64, 16% |
Out of work | 3, 0.7 | ------ |
Occupation for Mothers | Â | Â |
House wives | 381, 95.2% | 392, 98% |
working | 19, 4.8% | 8, 2% |
| Â | Children with Heart diseases | Children with minor illnesses |
Age | Mean & SD, 73.2 ± 64.3 | Mean & SD, 63.8 ± 57.6 |
Sex | Â | Â |
Males | 197, 49% | 209, 52.3% |
Females | 203, 50.7% | 191, 47.7% |
Grade | Â | Â |
Preschool | 226, 56.6% | 256, 64% |
Primary | 115, 28.7% | 105, 26.3% |
Preparatory | 37, 9.3% | 22, 5.5% |
Secondary | 22, 5.5% | 17, 4.2 |
Type of disease | CHD 270, 67.5% | RTI 256, 64% |
| Â | RHD 130, 32.5% | Diarrhea 133, 33.3% |
| Â | Â | Abscesses 11, 2.7% |