TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample (n = 99)
| Age, mean±SD, (range) | 13.56±3.63, (7–21) | |
| Males/females, n (%) | 63 (63.6)/36 (36.4) | |
| Religious status, n (%) | ||
| Not religious | 63 (63.6) | |
| Ultra‐Orthodox | 36 (36.4) | |
| Socioeconomic status, n (%) | ||
| 1–5 | 41 (41.4) | |
| 6–9 | 58 (58.6) | |
| First diagnosis/relapse, n (%) | 87 (87.9)/12 (12.1) | |
| Diagnosis Group, n (%) | ||
| Lymphoma | 33 (33.3) | |
| Sarcoma | 21 (21.2) | |
| Brain tumor | 18 (18.2) | |
| Leukemia | 16 (16.2) | |
| Rare tumors | 11 (11.1) | |
| Reporting parent, n (%) | ||
| Mother | 62 (62.6) | |
| Father | 26 (26.3) | |
| Other | 6 (6.1) | |
| No parent | 5 (5.1) | |
| Treatment stage at last participation point (T3/T4) | 26 (35.1)/48 (64.9) | |