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Table 1 Child and parent characteristics for the main survey (n = 7,906) and non-respondents who were telephoneda (n = 225)

From: Parent experiences questionnaire for outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (PEQ-CAMHS Outpatients): reliability and validity following a national survey

   Variable

Main survey N (%)

Telephone interviews N (%)

Sex of patient

  

   Female

2946 (37.3)

82 (36.4)

   Male

4947(62.7)

143 (63.6)

Mean (sd) age of patient

11.32 (3.22)

11.15 (3.39)

Sex of parent completing questionnaire

  

   Female

6515 (85.3)

173 (84.4)

   Male

1124 (14.7)

34 (15.6)

Mean (sd) age of parent

40.38 (6.87)

39.88 (7.13)

Education level of parent

  

   Primary school

827 (10.8)

45 (20.4)**

   High school

3456 (44.9)

120 (54.3)

   University graduate

2049 (26.6)

39 (17.6)

   University postgraduate

1361 (17.7)

17 (7.7)

First language of parent

  

   Norwegian

7292 (94.7)

214 (96.0)

   Sami

20 (0.3)

2 (0.9)

   Other Scandinavian

87 (1.1)

3 (1.3)

   Other European

150 (1.9)

0

   Not European

149 (1.9)

4 (1.8)

Main activity of parent in the past week

  

   Work

5203 (69.8)

119 (55.3)

   Sick leave

1322 (17.7)

61 (28.4)

   Education

332 (4.5)

9 (4.2)

   Home worker

453 (6.1)

20 (9.3)

   Unemployed

149 (2.0)

6 (2.8)

No. previous contacts with clinic

  

   0

5674 (74.2)

156 (72.9)**

   1

877 (11.5)

13 (6.1)

   >1

1100 (14.4)

45 (21.0)

No. clinic visits in past three months

  

   0

0

71 (32.7)**

   1

2520 (35.2)

37 (17.1)

   2-5

3255 (45.5)

73 (33.6)

   6-12

1224 (17.1)

29 (13.4)

   12-

153 (2.1)

7 (3.2)

Mean (sd) parent clinic knowledge

3.79 (1.04)

3.76 (1.03)

   Very poor

321 (4.3)

5 (2.3)

   Fairly poor

513 (6.8)

18 (8.4)

   Neither poor nor good

1582 (21.0)

62 (28.8)

   Fairly good

3141 (41.7)

69 (32.1)

   Very good

1968 (26.2)

61 (28.4)

Child badly treated?

  

   No

7310 (95.6)

218 (99.1)

   Once

188 (2.5)

1 (0.5)

   Sometimes

128 (1.7)

1 (0.5)

   Many times

23 (0.3)

0

Mean (sd) parent experiences scoresb

65.29 (21.13)

64.10 (21.10)

   Care and consideration - parentc

2.81 (0.93)

2.71 (0.94)

   Took viewpoints seriously

3.04 (0.91)

2.91 (0.86)**

   Information - treatment

2.11 (1.12)

2.19 (1.12)

   Overall outcome - parent

2.46 (1.09)

2.51 (1.09)

  1. aT-test - age, parent experiences scores; Mann-Whitney test - parent experiences items, parent clinic knowledge; Chi-Square test - sex, education level, first language, main activity, number of previous contacts, number of clinic visits, child badly treated.
  2. Asterisks denote statistically significant differences between the two groups: *p < 0.05;**p < 0.01.
  3. bSum of the four items transformed to 0-100 where 100 is the best possible experiences of care.
  4. cItems are scored from 0-4 where 4 is the best possible experiences of care.