Table 1.
Baseline sample characteristics
| Full sample | Multimorbid | Not multimorbid | P value | |
| n | 50 | 29 | 21 | |
| Child | ||||
| Age, years | 11.3 (3.3) | 11.6 (3.2) | 11.0 (3.4) | 0.62 |
| Male, n (%) | 26 (52) | 15 (52) | 11 (52) | 0.96 |
| Diagnoses, n (%) | 0.98 | |||
| Asthma | 14 (28) | 9 (31) | 5 (24) | |
| Diabetes | 9 (18) | 4 (14) | 5 (24) | |
| Epilepsy | 8 (16) | 4 (14) | 4 (19) | |
| Food allergy | 8 (16) | 5 (17) | 3 (14) | |
| Juvenile arthritis | 11 (22) | 7 (24) | 4 (19) | |
| Disease severity, VAS | 1.3 (1.2) | 1.5 (1.3) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.16 |
| Quality of life, KIDSCREEN-27 | ||||
| Physical well-being | 48.0 (12.0) | 47.4 (11.0) | 48.8 (13.4) | 0.77 |
| Psychological well-being | 46.1 (9.8) | 43.6 (8.1) | 49.4 (11.2) | 0.08 |
| Autonomy/parent relations | 48.9 (9.6) | 47.5 (7.0) | 50.8 (12.1) | 0.72 |
| Peer support | 46.1 (11.4) | 46.7 (12.1) | 45.4 (10.5) | 0.35 |
| School environment | 50.1 (10.8) | 47.7 (8.8) | 53.3 (12.4) | 0.12 |
| Parent | ||||
| Age, years | 44.0 (5.7) | 43.0 (4.8) | 45.2 (6.3) | 0.43 |
| Female, n (%) | 45 (90) | 26 (90) | 19 (91) | 0.92 |
| Immigrant, n (%) | 10 (20) | 8 (28) | 2 (10) | 0.16 |
| Married, n (%) | 39 (78) | 22 (76) | 17 (81) | 0.67 |
| Postsecondary graduate, n (%) | 39 (78) | 22 (76) | 17 (81) | 0.67 |
| Income ≥$C90 000, n (%) | 29 (58) | 17 (59) | 12 (57) | 0.87 |
| Parental stress, PSS | 35.9 (7.9) | 37.1 (7.3) | 34.4 (8.5) | 0.32 |
| Parental anxiety, STAI | 41.6 (9.8) | 44.2 (9.1) | 38.2 (10.0) | 0.05 |
| Parental depression, CES-D | 12.7 (9.9) | 13.0 (9.6) | 12.2 (10.5) | 0.58 |
| Family functioning, FAD | 25.5 (6.3) | 24.7 (6.2) | 26.5 (6.6) | 0.20 |
Results are reported as mean (SD) unless otherwise noted.
CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; FAD, McMaster Family Assessment Device; PSS, Parental Stress Scale; STAI, State Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.