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Table 3 Assessment of emotional, social and economic impact of the disease on the family quality of life (n = 527a)

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

Parameter

Number

Percent

Emotional burden

 Stress, anxiety

  Not at all

15

2.9

  Mild

46

8.7

  Moderate

112

21.3

  Severe

154

29.3

  Very severe

199

37.8

 Helplessness, despair

  Not at all

108

20.6

  Mild

77

14.7

  Moderate

130

24.8

  Severe

95

18.1

  Very severe

114

21.8

 Exhaustion

  Not at all

55

10.5

  Mild

62

11.8

  Moderate

149

28.4

  Severe

110

21.0

  Very severe

148

28.2

 Worry

  Not at all

10

1.9

  Mild

18

3.4

  Moderate

53

10.2

  Severe

130

24.9

  Very severe

311

59.6

 Compassion

  Not at all

8

1.5

  Mild

4

0.8

  Moderate

30

5.7

  Severe

82

15.6

  Very severe

402

76.4

 Fear to get infected

  Not at all

265

50.4

  Mild

91

17.3

  Moderate

75

14.3

  Severe

44

8.4

  Very severe

51

9.7

 Guilt

  Not at all

199

38.0

  Mild

82

15.6

  Moderate

94

17.9

  Severe

60

11.5

  Very severe

89

17.0

Social burden

 Changes in daily routine

  Yes

413

79.0

  No

110

21.0

Economic burden

 Days off work

  None

173

33.1

  1–2

117

22.4

  3–4

96

18.4

  5+

76

14.5

  Not employed

61

11.7

 Other expenditures

  Yes

380

75.2

  No

125

24.8

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