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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014 Jan 13;20(4):543–548. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.01.007

Table 1.

Demographic and Medical Characteristics of Parents and Child Patients

Child-Targeted Intervention Child + Parent Intervention Standard Care Total (Across all Study Arms) p

Child Age years, % (M=12.8, SD=3.9) years, %
6–12 years 46.6 48.2 52.6 49.1 .79
>12 years 53.4 51.8 47.4 50.9 NS

Gender %
Male 67.2 55.4 52.9 59.1 .24
NS

Race/Ethnicity %
White 70.7 72.3 70.2 70.7 .61
Black 16.5 14.3 12.3 14.6 NS
Hispanic 5.2 3.6 7.0 5.3
Asian 3.4 7.1 1.8 4.1
Other/Unknown 5.1 1.8 8.8 5.3

Socioeconomic Status %
I 17.2 17.9 14.0 16.4 .78
II 39.6 33.9 35.0 36.2 NS
III 20.7 25.0 14.0 19.8
IV & V 15.5 12.5 22.8 16.9
Unknown 6.9 10.7 14.0 10.5

Resident Parent %
Mother 84.7 85.7 76.7 82.4 .46
Father 10.2 8.9 16.1 11.7 NS
Other 5.1 5.4 7.1 5.8

Site %
St. Jude 46.6 36.8 38.3 41.5 .33
HSC-Torontoo 15.5 26.1 31.6 23.9 NS
CHOP 24.1 19.6 19.3 20.5
NCH-Columbus 13.8 17.5 10.7 14.0

Type of Transplant %
Autologous 10.3 21.4 24.1 18.1 .35
Allogeneic-matched sibling 27.6 26.8 22.8 25.7 NS
Allogeneic-other 62.1 51.8 52.6 56.1

Diagnostic Group %
ALL 27.1 26.8 26.3 26.9 .98
AML 23.7 21.4 28.6 24.6 NS
Other Leukemia 10.8 17.9 12.5 13.5
HD/NHL 13.6 8.9 8.7 10.5
Solid Tumor 12.2 12.5 12.5 12.3
Nonmalignancy 12.2 12.5 10.7 11.1