Prediction of posttraumatic stress in fathers of children with chronic diseases or unintentional injuries: a six-months follow-up study

Table 1 Fathers' and children characteristics

Variable	All		Injuries		Chronic diseases		X²	F	p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
	139	100	70		69
Marital status							0.72		.39
Married	125	89.9	64	91.4	60	87
Separated, divorced, remarried	15	10.1	6	8.6	9	13
Socioeconomic status							5.59		.06
Lower	13	9.4	5	7.1	8	11.6
Middle	83	59.7	37	52.9	46	66.7
Upper	43	30.9	28	40	15	21.7
Education of fathers
Lower	22	15.8	8	11.4	14	20.3	3.93		.14
Middle	72	51.8	35	50.0	37	53.6
Higher	44	31.7	27	38.6	17	24.6
Unknown	1	0.7	-		1	1.4
Child gender							0.37		.541
Female	60	43.2	32	45.7	28	40.6
Male	79	56.8	38	54.3	41	59.4
Child age
Mean	9.98		9.96		10.19			-0.58	.565
SD	2.38		2.41		2.39
Days of hospitalization at Time 1
Mean	11.12		8.53		13.75			-3.71	.000
SD	8.68		7.95		8.65
Days of hospitalization at Time 2
Mean	17.71		10.89		24.24			-3.24	.002
SD	25.08		15.56		30.32

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