TABLE 3.

Possible associations through Pearson correlations between the means of use of the five coping strategies based on what was reported by the parents of the sick children and specific characteristics of hospitalisation within the first month of diagnosis

Coping strategies		Medical variables
		Days of hospitalisation	Number of recoveries	Pain episodes	Fever episodes	Nausea episodes	Mucositi
Distraction	r	−0.19 *	−0.15	−0.09	−0.22 *	0.18 *	−0.24 *
	p‐value	0.04	0.1	0.31	0.02	0.04	0.01
Problem‐solving	r	−0.002	0.04	0.09	0.1	0.05	−0.03
	p‐value	0.98	0.04	0.31	0.28	0.59	0.79
Seek for social support	r	−0.07	−0.03	0.15	−0.11	0.09	0.01
	p‐value	0.43	0.71	0.1	0.24	0.35	0.9
Cognitive self‐instruction	r	−0.15	−0.19 *	−0.06	−0.14	−0.05	−0.29 *
	p‐value	0.1	0.03	0.53	0.12	0.8	0.001
Noncatastrophising	r	0.06	−0.02	0.18	0.07	−0.03	0.1
	p‐value	0.40	0.85	0.08	0.45	0.75	0.26
Total efficacy	r	−0.11	−0.09	0.09	−0.11	0.09	−0.15
	p‐value	0.21	0.31	0.36	0.24	0.32	0.11

Note: Values in bold emphasis are significant results.

^* p value < 0.05.