Table 2.
Good Day and Sick Day Picture Characteristics
Picture Characteristic | Good Day n (%) |
Sick Day n (%) |
Chi-Square |
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Individuals in the picture | |||
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Child present | 2.163 | ||
Yes | 19 | 24 | |
No | 7 | 3 | |
Other individuals present | 0.339 | ||
Yes | 5 | 7 | |
No | 21 | 22 | |
Relationship of others present | 1.741 | ||
Sibling(s) | 2 | 2^ | |
Parent(s) | 2 | 5^ | |
Hospital staff or volunteer | 1 | 1 | |
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Body proportion and position | |||
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Body proportion | .333 | ||
Entire body | 17 | 20 | |
Head/upper body | 2 | 4 | |
Body position | 17.249** | ||
Upright | 13*** | 6 | |
Sitting | 4 | 1 | |
Lying down or reclining | 0 | 12*** | |
Bent over | 0 | 1 | |
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Emotions | 41.678** | ||
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Happy | 21*** | 1 | |
Sad | 0 | 19*** | |
Angry | 0 | 1 | |
Other | 0 | 3 | |
None | 5 | 3 | |
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Location | 10.265* | ||
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Inside | 6 | 17*** | |
Outside | 10*** | 3 | |
Both inside and outside | 1 | 0 | |
Not indicated/specified | 9 | 7 | |
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Weather | 12.627** | ||
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Sunshine/blue sky | 8*** | 0 | |
Rain/stormy | 0 | 4*** | |
Other | 1 | 1 | |
Not depicted | 17 | 22 | |
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Activities | |||
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Activities depicted in the picture | 14.605** | ||
Yes | 13*** | 1 | |
No | 13 | 26*** | |
Location of activity | |||
Inside activity | 7^ | 1 | |
Outside physical activity | 7^ | 0 | |
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Personal coping and symptom management | |||
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Personal object present or named | .048 | ||
Yes | 7 | 8 | |
No | 19 | 19 | |
Managing illness or treatment-related side effects depicted or described | 11.888** | ||
Yes | 6 | 19*** | |
No | 20*** | 8 | |
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Art medium and colors | |||
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Art medium | .008 | ||
Pencil only | 8 | 8 | |
Markers, colored pencils, crayons | 18 | 19 | |
Number of colors present | .535 | ||
One color | 9 | 12 | |
More than one color | 17 | 15 |
p <. 05
p<.01
Adjusted standardized residual ≥ 2
Note: picture included two or more of the characteristics of interest