Parental levels of stress managing a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Riyadh: a cross sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Mean comparisons of variables with the total frequency and total difficulty scores of level of stress in parents

		Total Frequency			Total Difficulty
		Mean	SD	P-value	Mean	SD	P-value
Age of the patient
1–5 yrs		68.6	10.8	0.001	69.6	10.4	0.001
6–10 yrs		65.1	6.2		65.6	8.8
11–14 yrs		63.8	7.0		64.0	9.0
Insulin regimen
Conventional		65.0	7.5	0.035	65.5	9.4	0.036
Intensive insulin therapy		57.0	8.3		55.5	7.1
Frequency of Hypoglycemia	More than once\week	67.8	12.3	0.018	67.9	11.7	0.094
Frequency of Hypoglycemia	Less than once\week	64.5	6.8	0.018	65	9.1	0.094
Does the parents live in Riyadh	Yes	65	7.6	0.516	65.4	9.4	0.607
Does the parents live in Riyadh	No	64	6.9	0.516	64.4	10	0.607
Mother’s level of education	None	66.4	8.4	0.375	69.1	9.9	0.002
	Elementary	65.4	7.3		66.9	10.4
	Secondary	64.3	6.4		63.6	7.9
	Collage	65	10		65.6	10.8
Father’s level of education	None	63.5	6.3	0.005	66.6	8.1	< 0.001
	Elementary	67.5	8.3		69	9.6
	Secondary	65.5	7.3		66.3	9.7
	Collage	63.5	7.3		63	8.7
Marital status	Married	64.5	7.2	< 0.001	64.9	9.1	0.001
Marital status	Unmarried	70.6	9.9	< 0.001	71.3	12.1	0.001
Mother’s Occupation	Government Employee	64.8	10.6	0.904	64.6	11.8	0.562
Mother’s Occupation	None	64.9	6.9	0.904	65.5	9	0.562
Father’s Occupation	Businessman	65.6	7.6	< 0.001	66.7	9.2	< 0.001
	Dead	67.7	5.5		67.7	8.6
	Government Employee	64.1	7.2		63.9	8.7
	Military	68.1	7.8		67.5	8.5
	None	82	8.9		90.3	11.8
	Private Sector	70	9.3		71.1	11.8
	Retired	63.5	6.4		67	10.6
Years since diagnosis	1	65.7	7	0.134	65.1	8.9	0.339
	2	66.5	10.2		66.8	11.4
	3	65.6	6.6		66.4	8.6
	4	63.5	5.6		63.9	7
	5	63.9	6.8		65.5	9.7
	6+	63.9	7.4		63.9	9.4

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