Table 3.
Reported Health Behaviors and “Do You Consider Yourself a Single Parent When Caring for Your Child With Cancer?”.
| Lone Parents (N = 79)a |
Partnered Parents (N = 178) |
P Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotten Worse, n (%) | Same, n (%) | Improved, n (%) | Gotten Worse, n (%) | Same, n (%) | Improved, n (%) | ||
| Overall health | 30 (38.5) | 45 (57.7) | 3 (3.8) | 72 (40.4) | 99 (55.6) | 7 (3.9) | >.05 |
| Diet/nutrition | 50 (64.1) | 22 (28.2) | 6 (7.7) | 109 (61.2) | 53 (29.8) | 16 (9.0) | >.05 |
| Exercise | 55 (69.6) | 20 (25.3) | 4 (5.1) | 119 (66.9) | 46 (25.8) | 13 (7.3) | >.05 |
| Hours of sleep | 65 (82.3) | 10 (12.2) | 4 (5.0) | 143 (80.8) | 29 (16.4) | 5 (2.8) | >.05 |
| Doing enjoyable things | 67 (84.8) | 9 (11.4) | 3 (3.8) | 148 (83.6) | 25 (14.1) | 4 (2.3) | >.05 |
| Relationship with child with cancer | 4 (5.1) | 26 (33.3) | 48 (61.5) | 4 (2.3) | 67 (38.1) | 105 (59.6) | >.05 |
| Relationship with other childrenb | 18 (30.0) | 24 (40.0) | 18 (30.0) | 24 (16.0) | 78 (52.0) | 48 (32.0) | <.02 |
| Relationship with relatives | 18 (23.3) | 36 (46.8) | 23 (29.9) | 24 (14.0) | 97 (56.4) | 51 (29.6) | >.05 |
| Relationship with friends | 25 (32.9) | 29 (38.2) | 22 (28.9) | 36 (20.5) | 102 (58.3) | 37 (21.1) | <.012 |
| Relationships with coworkers | 3 (8.1) | 26 (70.3) | 8 (21.6) | 11 (9.6) | 80 (70.1) | 23 (20.2) | >.05 |
| Spiritual faith | 9 (11.3) | 20 (25.3) | 50 (63.3) | 15 (8.8) | 42 (24.6) | 114 (66.7) | >.05 |
Note: The bold indicates the statistically significant difference.
a
Six parents did not answer the question.
b
Not all parents had other children.