Table 1.
Child and family characteristics.
| Characteristics | Healthy children | Children with cancer | ||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 8.4 (1.82) | 8.2 (1.64) | ||
| Family household size, mean (SD) | 4.8 (0.45) | 5 (1.00) | ||
| Characteristics of the children, n (%)a |
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| Sex |
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Male | 3 (60) | 3 (60) | |
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Female | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | |
| Cancer diagnosis |
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
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2 (40) | |
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Brain tumor |
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1 (20) | |
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Ewing sarcoma |
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1 (20) | |
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Wilms tumor |
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1 (20) | |
| Time since diagnosis, years |
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<2 |
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1 (20) | |
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2-3 |
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1 (20) | |
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4-5 |
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3 (60) | |
| Time since completed all cancer treatment, years |
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<1 |
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1 (20) | |
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1-2 |
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4 (80) | |
| Parents view of child’s health status |
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Excellent |
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3 (60) | |
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Very good |
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2 (40) | |
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Good |
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0 (0) | |
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Fair |
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0 (0) | |
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Poor |
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0 (0) | |
| Characteristics of the families, n (%)b |
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| Parental marital status |
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Married/cohabitation | 6 (100) | 10 (100) | |
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Divorced/separated | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
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Widowed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Parental education |
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< High school |
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0 (0) | 1 (10) |
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High school |
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1 (17) | 7 (70) |
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University |
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5 (83) | 2 (20) |
a Healthy children, n=5; children with cancer, n=5.
b Parents of healthy children, n=6; parents of children with cancer, n=10.