Table 1.

Descriptive analyses: demographic characteristics of the sample

Demographic characteristics	Child/Adolescent on treatment (n = 140)		Child/Adolescent off treatment (n = 50)		Total sample (n = 190)
Child/Adolescent characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Ages (years)
2–4	46	32.9	8	16.0	54	28.4
5–7	32	22.8	10	20.0	42	22.1
8–12	34	24.3	21	42.0	55	29.0
13–18	28	20.0	11	22.0	39	20.5
Gender
Boys	90	64.3	35	70.0	125	65.8
Girls	50	35.7	15	30.0	65	34.2
Guardians characteristics
Ages (years)
18–28	37	26.4	7	14.0	44	23.2
29–34	29	20.7	22	44.0	51	26.8
35–39	38	27.2	6	12.0	44	23.2
40–79	36	25.7	15	30.0	51	26.8
Relationship to patient
Mother	109	77.9	36	72.0	145	76.3
Father	17	12.1	6	12.0	23	12.1
Others (brother/sister, grandmother/grandfather, aunt/uncle)	14	10.0	8	16.0	22	11.6
Level of schooling
≤ 8 years	92	65.7	32	64.0	124	65.3
> 8 years	48	34.3	18	36.0	66	34.7
Economic level
high (A, B)	15	10.7	5	10.0	20	10.5
intermediate (C)	75	53.6	21	42.0	96	50.5
low (D, E)	50	35.7	24	48.0	74	39.0