Table 1.

Descriptives statistics pain, itch, feelings and coping strategies of children and parents during wound care

	Children (N = 31)					Parents (N = 34)				Paired t-test
	Min	Max	Mean	SD		Min	Max	Mean	SD	t	p
Pain	1	6	2.68	1.47
Itch	1	6	2.16	1.16
Anxiety	1	4	1.58	.96		1	5	1.71	1.06	0.64	0.52
Positive feelings	1	3.80	2.05	0.79		1	4	2.56	0.81	2.13	0.04
Negative feelings	1	2.67	1.38	0.44		1	3.33	1.93	0.68	5.89	0.00
Distraction	1	4	2.03	1.10		1	4	1.76	0.86	− 1.94	0.06
Help from child	1	4	2.90	1.19		1	4	2.88	1.12	− 0.16	0.87
Postponing wound care	1	4	1.48	0.77		1	3	1.58	0.61	0.85	0.40
Crying/showing emotions	1	3	1.35	0.61		1	4	1.76	0.87	2.2	0.04
Becoming silent/hiding emotions	1	4	2.26	1.09		1	4	1.96	0.91	− 0.74	0.47

	Children (N = 31)					Children (N = 31)
	Min	Max	Mean	SD		Min	Max	Mean	SD	t	p
Positive feelings	1	3.80	2.05	0.79	Negative feelings	1	2.67	1.38	0.44	4.61	0.00
Crying	1	3	1.35	0.61	Becoming silent	1	4	2.26	1.09	− 4.12	0.00

	Parents (N = 34)					Parents (N = 34)
Positive feelings	1	4	2.56	0.81	Negative feelings	1	3.33	1.93	0.68	4.61	0.00
Showing emotions	1	4	1.76	0.87	Hiding emotions	1	4	1.96	.91	− 0.86	0.40

N = sample; Min = minimum; Max = maximum; SD = standard deviation