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. 2022 Sep 19;22:1171. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08268-9

Table 4.

aPercentages of legislation components endorsed by children, patients and health personnel (n =112)

Child respondents Patients Health personnel
Information to and conversation with the child, percentage endorsing ‘yes’ % % %
Did the patient tell the child about his/her illness him/her- self? 90 94 71
Did the child visit the unit where the patient was treated? 62 51 42
Did the health personnel have a conversation with the child alone? 22 19 14
Did the health personnel have a conversation with the child and patient? 23 28 30
Did the child receive sufficient information about the parents’ illness? 75 47 30
Is it openness in the family about the parent’s illness 65 78 42

aThe sample in this analysis are children, patients and health personnel for whom all three respondents are reporting