Table 1.
Demographic and medical characteristics of the sample (n = 52)
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 10.93 | (2.62) |
| Median | 10.63 | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 20 | (38.5%) |
| Male | 32 | (61.5%) |
| Socioeconomic Status | ||
| Lower | 3 | (5.8%) |
| Middle | 38 | (73.1%) |
| Upper | 9 | (17.3%) |
| Unknown | 2 | (3.8%) |
| Living with both biological parents | 37 | (71.2%) |
| Medical diagnosis | ||
| Leukemia | 17 | (32.7%) |
| Malignant lymphoma | 19 | (36.5%) |
| Malignant brain tumor | 7 | (13.5%) |
| Other malignant solid tumor | 9 | (17.3%) |
| Intensity of therapy | ||
| Low | 9 | (17.3%) |
| Medium | 35 | (67.3%) |
| High | 8 | (15.4%) |
| Medical complications at T1 | ||
| None | 23 | (44.2%) |
| Moderate | 26 | (50.0%) |
| Severe | 3 | (5.8%) |
| Medical complications at T2 | ||
| None | 16 | (32.7%) |
| Moderate | 31 | (59.6%) |
| Severe | 4 | (7.7%) |
| Functional status at T1 | ||
| Good | 6 | (11.5%) |
| Moderate | 39 | (75%) |
| Poor | 7 | (13.5%) |
| Functional status at T2 | ||
| Good | 32 | (61.5%) |
| Moderate | 14 | (26.9%) |
| Poor | 4 | (7.7%) |
| Unknown | 2 | (3.9%) |