Table 1.
Demographic data
| Variable | |
| Age in years (range, mean) | |
| Parent | 20–50 (34.18) |
| Child | 0.83–16.69 (6.04) |
| Education | |
| Left school at 16 years (no GCSE/CSE O levels) | 11 |
| GCSE/CSE O levels | 42 |
| A levels | 3 |
| Vocational qualification | 5 |
| Graduate/postgraduate professional qualification | 5 |
| Time since diagnosis (months) (n, %) | |
| <12 | 30 (45) |
| ≥12 | 36 (55) |
| Diagnosis (n, %) | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | 29 (50) |
| Wilms' tumour | 6 (10.1) |
| Acute myelogenous leukaemia | 3 (5.2) |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 3 (5.2) |
| Other diagnosis | 25 (29.5) |
| Asked to join treatment trial (n, %) | 55 (83.33) |
| Treatment programme (n, % parents) | |
| Randomised | 49 (74) |
| Non-randomised | 17 (26) |
GCSE/CSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education/Certificated of Secondary Education.