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Table 2 Report characteristics

From: Scoping review of patient- and family-oriented outcomes and measures for chronic pediatric disease

Disease category

# reports

Median # eligible children studied (range)*

Primary unit of analysis (#) (% reports) by disease(s)

Cerebral palsy

51

82.5 (6 - 813)

Child/adolescent (26) (50%)

Caregiver/parent (9) (18%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (12) (24%)

Family (4) (8%)

Cystic fibrosis

11

42 (23 - 136)

Child/adolescent (4) (36%)

Caregiver/parent (4) (36%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (3) (27%)

Diabetes

100

84 (10 - 2,101)

Child/adolescent (44) (44%)

Caregiver/parent (18) (18%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (35) (35%)

Sibling (1) (1%)

Family (2) (2%)

Down syndrome

9

42.5 (25 - 440)

Child/adolescent (1) (11%)

Caregiver/parent (4) (44%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (2) (22%)

Family (2) (22%)

Epilepsy

47

79.5 (9 - 474)

Child/adolescent (26) (55%)

Caregiver/parent (7) (15%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (11) (23%)

Sibling (1) (2%)

Family (2) (4%)

Hemoglobinopathies

25

59 (7 - 320)

Child/adolescent (8) (32%)

Caregiver/parent (5) (20%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (11) (44%)

Sibling (1) (4%)

Other diseases

29

41 (12 - 272)

Child/adolescent (15) (52%)

Caregiver/parent (7) (24%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (6) (21%)

Family (1) (3%)

Reports of multiple, eligible diseases

32

66.5 (9 - 327)

Child/adolescent (8) (25%)

Caregiver/parent (16) (50%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (6) (19%)

Sibling (1) (3%)

Family (1) (3%)

All diseases

304

76 (6 - 2,101)

Child/adolescent (132) (43%)

Caregiver/parent (70) (23%)

Dyad - child/caregiver (86) (28%)

Sibling (4) (1%)

Family (12) (4%)

  1. *Medians and ranges reported on articles for which the number of eligible children was explicitly reported (n = 283) i.e., CP = 50 articles; CF = 10 articles; DM = 94 articles; DS = 8 articles; epilepsy = 44 articles; hemoglobinopathies = 24 articles; other diseases = 27 articles; studies of multiple eligible diseases = 26 articles.