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Table 3 Sociomedical parameters in relation to the fever concepts

From: Fearful or functional - a cross-sectional survey of the concepts of childhood fever among German and Turkish mothers in Germany

Mothers

Total

Functional

Fearful

P-Value

Total [N (%)]

338 (100)

227 (67,2)

111 (32,8)

 

Cultural background [N (%)]

   

<0.001ae

   German

174 (100)

136 (78.2)

38 (21.8)

 

   Turkish

164 (100)

91 (55.5)

73 (44.5)

 

SES [N (%)]

   

0.001ae

   Low

125 (100)

65 (52.0)

60 (48.0)

 

   Middle

144 (100)

107 (74.3)

37 (25.7)

 

   High

69 (100)

55 (79.7)

14 (20.3)

 

Number of children [Median (IQR)]

2 (1; 3)

2 (1; 2)

2 (1; 3)

0.166c

Mother's age [average years ± SD]

33.5 ± 6.2

33.4 ± 6.0

32.3 ± 5.3

0.102b

Loss of child or serious disease (experience or witness) [N (%)] d

   

0.661a

   No

268 (100)

179 (66.8)

89 (33.2)

 

   Yes

69 (100)

48 (69.6)

21 (30.4)

 

Frequency of fever in preceding 8 months [Median (IQR)]

2 (1; 3)

2 (1; 3)

2 (1; 4)

0.268c

  1. a Chi-Square test; b T test; c Mann-Whitney U test; d differing N due to missing values;
  2. e significant after Bonferroni correction