Table 4 Importance scores based on parental responses to a pilot questionnaire on the relative importance of factors associated with caring for a child with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
Rank Order | Item | Rank Mean Score |
|---|---|---|
1 | I was worried about my son/daughter | 4.44 |
2 | Wanted to be cuddled a lot | 4.24 |
3 | Ate very little | 3.93 |
4 | Was sleepy all the time | 3.65 |
5 | Did you spend a lot of time changing diapers because of diarrhea? | 3.48 |
6 | Did you spend time trying to fee him/her rehydration solution? | 3.32 |
7 | Had very little energy | 3.32 |
8 | I felt tense | 3.31 |
9 | I had to get up during the night to see my son/daughter | 3.22 |
10 | I felt very tired | 3.21 |
11 | Wanted someone with him all the time | 3.20 |
12 | Got tired easily | 3.06 |
13 | Was miserable | 3.00 |
14 | Whined a lot | 2.96 |
15 | Did you spend time trying to keep his/her temperature down? | 2.86 |
16 | Was irritable | 2.81 |
17 | Did you have to spend time in the house more than you wanted to? | 2.37 |
18 | Did not want food | 2.34 |
19 | I had to stay home from work | 2.24 |
20 | Was moody | 2.16 |
21 | Seemed to have lost interest in everything | 1.95 |
22 | Did you see family and friends less? | 1.87 |
23 | I felt like I had to rush around | 1.83 |
24 | Slept badly at night | 1.75 |
25 | I had to change plans at the last minute | 1.74 |
26 | Did you have to rush to get jobs done? | 1.38 |
27 | Did you have to spend most of the day amusing your son/daughter? | 1.05 |
28 | Did you get behind in your house cleaning? | 1.00 |
29 | Traveling to the doctors office was a strain | 0.83 |
30 | I had no time for other family members | 0.83 |
31 | Was restless | 0.82 |
32 | I couldn't travel out of the city | 0.53 |
33 | I felt nobody understood the burden | 0.52 |
34 | Did you have to ask someone not to visit you socially | 0.48 |
35 | I felt like this was a financial burden | 0.32 |
36 | Traveling to the hospital was a strain | 0.29 |
37 | I was depressed | 0.05 |