Table 2.
Characteristics of parents and their children at the baseline.
| Characteristic | Group 1 | Group 2 | |||
| Parents | N=68 | N=65 | |||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Female | 42 (62) | 41 (63) | |||
| Male | 26 (38) | 24 (37) | |||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 45.2 (6.5) | 42.6 (7.3) | |||
| Educational level, n (%)a | |||||
| Low | 5 (7) | 7 (11) | |||
| Medium | 27 (40) | 26 (41) | |||
| High | 36 (53) | 31 (48) | |||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Single | 12 (18) | 11 (17) | |||
| Married | 46 (68) | 48 (74) | |||
| Divorced | 1 (1) | 4 (6) | |||
| Widow | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |||
| Registered partnership or living together | 8 (12) | 2 (3) | |||
| Housing, n (%) | |||||
| With partner and children | 65 (96) | 62 (95) | |||
| With partner | 3 (4) | 3 (5) | |||
| Parent with a chronic disease, n (%) | 4 (6) | 7 (11) | |||
| Job, n (%) | 59 (87) | 57 (88) | |||
| Nanny, n (%) | 24 (35) | 35 (54) | |||
| Experienced stress in last 6 months, n (%) | 33 (49) | 30 (46) | |||
| Children | N=45 | N=43 | |||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Girls | 22 (49) | 15 (35) | |||
| Boys | 23 (51) | 28 (65) | |||
| Child’s age in years, mean (SD) | 11.1 (4.6) | 8.8 (5.2) | |||
| CKDb stage child, n (%) | |||||
| CKD stage I (Hereditary CKD) | 11 (24) | 10 (23) | |||
| CKD stage I (Nephrotic syndrome) | 7 (16) | 5 (12) | |||
| CKD stage II-IV | 9 (20) | 9 (21) | |||
| CKD stage V (using dialysis) | 2 (4) | 3 (7) | |||
| After transplantation | 16 (36) | 16 (37) | |||
| Child also under treatment at other centers, n (%) | 24 (53) | 21 (49) | |||
aOne participant did not answer the question.
bCKD: chronic kidney disease.