Health-related quality of life of the parents of children hospitalized due to acute rotavirus infection: a cross-sectional study in Latvia

Table 2 Objective and subjective appraisal of the child’s health status (n = 527^a)

Parameter	Number	Percent
Maximal number of vomiting episodes per day
Mean (range)	2.1 (0–3)
Number of diarrhea episodes per 24 h
Mean (range)	2.5 (1–3)
Severity (assessed by Vesikari score)
Mild	0	0
Moderate	35	7.0
Severe	463	93.0
Severity of symptoms (assessed by parent)
Diarrhea
Not at all	16	3.1
Mild	17	3.3
Moderate	77	14.8
Severe	132	25.3
Very severe	280	53.6
Vomiting
Not at all	82	15.7
Mild	61	11.7
Moderate	87	16.7
Severe	111	21.3
Very severe	181	34.7
Fever
Not at all	78	15.0
Mild	65	12.5
Moderate	110	21.2
Severe	109	21.0
Very severe	158	30.4
Abdominal pain
Not at all	92	18.1
Mild	71	14.0
Moderate	135	26.6
Severe	108	21.3
Very severe	102	20.1
Insufficient fluid intake
Not at all	40	7.7
Mild	34	6.5
Moderate	84	16.1
Severe	105	20.1
Very severe	259	49.6
Loss of appetite
Not at all	45	8.7
Mild	44	8.5
Moderate	106	20.1
Severe	108	20.5
Very severe	215	41.5
Apathy
Not at all	43	8.4
Mild	42	8.2
Moderate	106	20.6
Severe	139	27.0
Very severe	184	35.8
Inflamed bottom
Not at all	203	39.2
Mild	81	15.6
Moderate	87	16.8
Severe	67	12.9
Very severe	80	15.4
Interrupted sleep mode
Not at all	167	32.2
Mild	94	18.1
Moderate	121	23.3
Severe	82	15.8
Very severe	55	10.6
Tearfulness
Not at all	78	15.0
Mild	75	14.4
Moderate	153	29.4
Severe	131	25.2
Very severe	83	16.0
Anxiety, irritability
Not at all	124	23.9
Mild	95	18.3
Moderate	121	23.4
Severe	104	20.1
Very severe	74	14.3

^aThe sum of the stratified numbers can differ according to the parameters due to missing values

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