Table 3.
Comparison of scale scores in terms of demographic data.
| PSS |
Test Sta. | p | HFS |
Test Statistics | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± sd | Mean (min-max) | Mean ± sd | Mean (min-max) | |||||
| Parent's sex | ||||||||
| Female | 3.26 ± 1.2 | 3.6 (1–5) | t = 2.573 | 0.011 | 61.42 ± 15.52 | 59 (17–85) | t = 0.652 | 0.516 |
| Male | 2.65 ± 1.28 | 2.8 (1–5) | 59.42 ± 16.22 | 57.5 (21–85) | ||||
| Educational status | ||||||||
| Elementary | 3.23 ± 1.19b | 3.6 (1–5) | F = 4.476 | 0.009 | 63.11 ± 13.89b | 61.5 (21–85) | F = 2.828 | 0.042 |
| Secondary | 3.18 ± 1.3ab | 3.4 (1–5) | 61.87 ± 17.49b | 58 (17–85) | ||||
| High school | 2.64 ± 1.43ab | 2.8 (1–5) | 56.78 ± 17.19ab | 54 (21–85) | ||||
| University | 2.5 ± 0.37a | 2.5 (2–3) | 46.33 ± 10.63a | 47.5 (34–62) | ||||
| Type of family | ||||||||
| Nuclear | 3.16 ± 1.26 | 3.5 (1–5) | t = 1.184 | 0.239 | 61.83 ± 16.09 | 61 (17–85) | t = 1.067 | 0.288 |
| Extended | 2.88 ± 1.25 | 2.8 (1–5) | 58.59 ± 14.79 | 58 (21–85) | ||||
| Place of residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 2.82 ± 1.22 | 2.8 (1–5) | t = −2.633 | 0.010 | 58.34 ± 15.86 | 56 (21–85) | t = −2.023 | 0.045 |
| Rural | 3.41 ± 1.23 | 3.8 (1–5) | 64.06 ± 15.04 | 63 (17–85) | ||||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Employed | 2.73 ± 1.21 | 2.7 (1–5) | t = −1.842 | 0.068 | 55.47 ± 15.2 | 54 (21–85) | t = −2.272 | 0.025 |
| Unemployed | 3.2 ± 1.25 | 3.4 (1–5) | 62.68 ± 15.52 | 61 (17–85) | ||||
| Sex of the child | ||||||||
| Female | 3.29 ± 1.12 | 3.4 (1–5) | t = 1.873 | 0.064 | 60.4 ± 14.68 | 57.5 (17–85) | t = −0.271 | 0.787 |
| Male | 2.88 ± 1.34 | 3.2 (1–5) | 61.17 ± 16.67 | 61 (21–85) | ||||
| Total years the child has been epilepsy patient | ||||||||
| 1–3 Years | 2.73 ± 1.18a | 2.6 (1–5) | F = 3.732 | 0.027 | 60.63 ± 14.82 | 59 (21–85) | F = 0.069 | 0.934 |
| 3–5 Years | 3.15 ± 1.35ab | 3.5 (1–5) | 61.61 ± 19.12 | 63 (17–85) | ||||
| >5 Years | 3.46 ± 1.15b | 3.7 (1–5) | 60.19 ± 13.07 | 57 (35–85) | ||||
| Seizure frequency of the child | ||||||||
| No seizures | 3.13 ± 1.37 | 3.4 (1–5) | F = 0.647 | 0.529 | 61.51 ± 17.64 | 57.5 (17–85) | F = 0.141 | 0.869 |
| Once a month | 2.9 ± 1.15 | 2.8 (1–5) | 59.92 ± 13.4 | 61.5 (21–85) | ||||
| A few times a month | 3.23 ± 0.93 | 3.6 (1.4–4.2) | 60.43 ± 10.62 | 58.5 (41–84) | ||||
| Faith can heal epilepsy | ||||||||
| No | 2.75 ± 1.41 | 3.2 (1–5) | t = −1.678 | 0.096 | 58.06 ± 17.9 | 53 (21–85) | t = −1.125 | 0.263 |
| Yes | 3.18 ± 1.19 | 3.4 (1–5) | 61.73 ± 14.89 | 61 (17–85) | ||||
| Do you tell people about your child's disease | ||||||||
| Undecided | 2.62 ± 1.32a | 2.5 (1–5) | F = 10.018 | <0.001 | 62.7 ± 13.12 | 57.5 (47–85) | F = 2.97 | 0.055 |
| I usually tell | 2.69 ± 1.14a | 2.6 (1–5) | 57.52 ± 14.52 | 57 (21–85) | ||||
| I usually do not tell | 3.64 ± 1.19b | 4.2 (1–5) | 64.56 ± 16.93 | 63 (17–85) | ||||
t: Independent Samples t-test: F: One-way Analysis of Variance; Mean ± Standard Deviation; Median (minimum - maximum); a-b: There is no difference between groups with the same letter.