Table 5.
Frequency of moderate to high concern on individual items reported by mothers and fathers and informant comparisons, ordered by highest percentage in the mother's group.
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| n | Mothers | n | Fathers | |||
| (b1) I worry my child will look different from other teenagers or adults because of his/her urogenital condition. | 96 | 61.5% | 58 | 40.4% | 46 | .004* |
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| (a3) In many people's minds, having a urogenital condition attaches a stigma or label to my child. | 96 | 57.3% | 58 | 45.6% | 46 | ns |
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| (a2) It really doesn't matter what I say to people about my child's urogenital condition, they usually have their minds made up. | 96 | 45.8% | 58 | 34.5% | 47 | ns |
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| (b2) I worry my child won't be/isn't able to do things he/she wants to do because of the urogenital condition. | 95 | 37.9% | 57 | 26.3% | 45 | ns |
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| (b5) I feel self-conscious about my child's urogenital condition. | 96 | 29.2% | 58 | 15.8% | 46 | ns |
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| (b6) People treat me the way they always have when they find out I have a child with a urogenital condition. | 91 | 27.5% | 57 | 32.1% | 44 | ns |
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| (b3) I feel that I am odd or abnormal because of my child's urogenital condition. | 96 | 19.8% | 58 | 10.5% | 46 | ns |
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| (b7) I feel embarrassed about my child's urogenital condition. | 95 | 15.8% | 56 | 10.7% | 44 | ns |
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| (a1) People who know that my child has a urogenital condition treat him/her differently. | 96 | 15.6% | 58 | 17.2% | 47 | ns |
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| (b4) There have been times when I have felt ashamed about having a child with a urogenital condition. | 96 | 12.5% | 58 | 6.9% | 47 | ns |
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| (b9) People say negative or unkind things about me behind my back because I have a child with a urogenital condition. | 94 | 8.5% | 57 | 0% | 46 | ns |
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| (b8) People look down on me because I have a child with a urogenital condition. | 94 | 6.4% | 56 | 3.6% | 45 | ns |
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| (b10) I have been excluded from social gatherings because I have a child with a urogenital condition. | 94 | 4.3% | 56 | 0% | 45 | ns |
aMcNemar test bModerate–high concern = response of “3,” “4,” or “5”; cscale for items in Part A: 1 = “strongly disagree,” 2 = “disagree,” 3 = “neither agree nor disagree,” 4 = “agree,” 5 = “strongly agree”; dscale for items in Part B: 1 = “never true,” 2 = “seldom true,” 3 = “sometimes true,” 4 = “usually true,” 5 = “always true.” *Denoting P values that remain statistically significant after set-wise Bonferroni correction (or that are <.05 when correction not needed).