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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (60 parents and their 49 children)*

From: Parents’ expectations of staff in the early bonding process with their premature babies in the intensive care setting: a qualitative multicenter study with 60 parents

Parents' characteristics

Mothers N=30

Fathers N=30

Total N=60

Age (years), M±SD

30.7 +/− 6.6

33.5+/− 6.8

 

Current professional activity

   

Managerial and professional occupations

11 (37)

11 (37)

22 (37)

Skilled manual and non-manual occupations

18 (60)

15 (50)

33 (55)

Unemployed

1 ( 3)

4 (13)

5 (8)

Single parent

1 ( 3)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Parent’s place of birth

   

Europe

12 (40)

16 (53)

28 (47)

Sub-Saharan Africa

10 (33)

6 (20)

16 (27)

North Africa

3 (10)

6 (20)

9 (15)

Asia or Mideast

2 (7)

0 (0)

2 (3)

Unknown)

3 (10)

2 (7)

5 (8)

History of preterm delivery

3 (10)

3 (10)

6 (10)

Assisted reproduction

6 (20)

5 (17)

11 (18)

Caesarean section

22 (73)

18 (60)

40 (68)

Children's characteristics at the time of the interview

  

Total N=49

Female

  

29 (59)

Inborn

  

36 (74)

Multiple

  

12 (24)

Cranial ultrasound

   

Normal

  

38 (77)

PVH-IVH grade 1 or 2

  

10 (20)

PVH-IVH grade 3

  

1 (2)

PVH-IVH grade 4, PVL

  

0 (0)

Ventilation at time of interview

   

Spontaneous Ventilation

  

8 (16)

Nasal Ventilation

  

30 (61)

Endotracheal ventilation

  

11 (22)

History of Sepsis

  

23 (47)

History of NEC or GIP

  

3 ( 6)

Persistent Ductus Arteriosus, Surgery

  

11 (22)

Transfusion

  

30 (61)

  1. PVH-IVH: periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (Papile’s classification), NEC: necrotizing enterocolitis, GIP: gastrointestinal perforation.
  2. *all values are numbers with percentages in parentheses, except as otherwise stated.