. 2022 May 4;181(7):2779–2788. doi: 10.1007/s00431-022-04486-9

Table 1.

Characteristics and associations of study participants

Variable	Value	p-value
Variable		GAD-7	PHQ-8	ULQIE total score	FaBeL total score
Age (years; mean, range)^b	41.5 (26–54)	.395	.791	.164	.873
Female gender (n, %)^a	36 (75)	.006^c	.102	.035^c	.843
Number of children (median, IQR)^b	2 (1)	.175	.192	.219	.678
Relationship status (n, %)^a
Married/in stable relationship	41 (85.5)	.072	.571	.77	.555
Education (n, %)^a
Secondary education or higher	29 (60.4)	.177	.303	.86	.51
Employment status (n, %)
Respondent currently employed^a	39 (81.3)	.971	.418	.306	.317
Partner currently employed^a (n = 43)	35 (81.4)	.97	.855	.794	.274
Both parents employed^a	28 (58.3)	.575	.492	.394	.293
Working full-time^a (n = 34)	18 (52.9)	.061	.06	.163	.69
Respondents’ weekly working hour (n = 39) (median, IQR)^b	23.5 (20)	.01^d	.004^d	.013^e	.557
Partners’ weekly working hours (n = 35) (median, IQR)^b	40 (2)	.426	.940	.379	.734
Current or prior psychological care (n, %)^a	16 (33.3)	.031^c	.003^c	.05	.959
Respondent has chronic disease (n, %)^a	2 (4.2)	.456	.845	.191	.898
Sleep disturbance during last 7 days (n, %)^a	21 (43.8)	.203	.007^c	.003^c	.039^c
Number of independent caretakers for the affected child besides parents (median, IQR)^b	2 (2)	.016^d	.021^d	< .001^e	.019^d

n number or total number, % percent, IQR interquartile range. Total number was 48 unless stated otherwise. GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7, PHQ-8 Patient Health Questionnaire-8, ULQIE Ulm Quality of Life Inventory for Parents of Chronically Ill Children, FaBeL Family Burden Questionnaire

^aStudent’s t-test

^bUnivariate regression or Spearman’s correlation depending on normality of distribution. ^cWorse scores

^dNegative correlation

^ePositive correlation