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Table 4 Emotional burden (stress/anxiety, worry, compassion) of the disease stratified by the associated factors (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

Factor

Not at all / mild

Moderate

Severe / very severe

p

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

 

STRESS / ANXIETY

 

Sociodemographic factors

  Gender

   Female

33

12.8

46

17.9

178

69.3

0.16

   Male

28

10.4

66

24.5

175

65.1

  Age

    ≤ 12 months

15

9.6

37

23.7

104

66.7

0.24

   13–24 months

16

9.5

34

20.2

118

70.2

   25–36 months

9

10.2

21

23.9

58

65.9

   37+ months

21

18.6

20

17.7

72

63.7

  Age of the mother

    ≤ 24 years

5

9.1

12

21.8

38

69.1

0.78

   25–34 years

35

10.4

73

21.8

227

67.8

   35–44 years

20

15.9

24

19.0

82

65.1

   45+ years

1

12.5

2

25.0

5

62.5

  Age of the father

    ≤ 24 years

2

7.4

7

25.9

18

66.7

0.99

   25–34 years

35

12.5

59

21.0

187

65.5

   35–44 years

19

11.6

35

21.3

110

67.1

   45+ years

4

10.8

8

21.6

25

67.6

  Education of the mother

   Primary

4

13.8

5

17.2

20

69.0

0.95

   Secondary / vocational

23

12.2

38

20.1

128

67.7

   Higher

34

11.2

67

22.1

202

66.7

  Education of the father

   Primary

7

19.4

6

16.7

23

63.9

0.57

   Secondary / vocational

25

10.2

55

22.5

164

67.2

   Higher

28

12.6

47

21.2

147

66.2

  Family structure

   Both parents

58

11.8

106

21.6

327

66.6

0.20

   Single parent

1

3.6

4

14.3

23

82.1

  Place of residence

   Urban

55

12.3

96

21.4

297

66.3

0.74

   Rural

6

9.1

14

21.2

46

69.7

Objective evaluation of the health status

  Vomiting (times per 24 h)

   0

1

33.3

0

0

2

66.7

0.36

   1

12

12.4

18

18.6

67

69.1

   2

28

12.4

58

25.7

140

61.9

   3

18

10.8

30

18.0

119

71.3

  Diarrhea (times per 24 h)

   1

9

14.3

12

19.0

42

66.7

0.95

   2

13

10.6

27

22.0

83

67.5

   3

37

11.9

68

21.8

207

66.3

  Severity of episode (Vesikari)

   Moderate

4

11.4

6

17.1

25

71.4

0.79

   Severe / very severe

55

11.9

101

21.9

306

66.2

Subjective evaluation of the health status

  Severity of diarrhea

   Not at all / mild

5

15.2

5

15.2

23

69.7

0.41

   Moderate

13

17.1

17

22.4

46

60.5

   Severe / very severe

43

10.4

89

21.6

280

68.0

  Severity of vomiting

   Not at all / mild

15

10.5

35

24.5

93

65.0

0.33

   Moderate

6

6.9

21

24.1

60

69.0

   Severe / very severe

40

13.7

56

19.2

195

67.0

  Severity of fever

   Not at all / mild

22

15.4

44

30.8

77

53.8

0.003

   Moderate

10

9.2

22

20.2

77

70.6

   Severe / very severe

29

10.9

45

16.9

193

72.3

  Severity of abdominal pain

   Not at all / mild

24

14.7

34

20.9

105

64.4

0.61

   Moderate

14

10.4

32

23.9

88

65.7

   Severe / very severe

21

10.0

44

21.0

145

69.0

  Severity of insufficient fluid intake

   Not at all / mild

8

10.8

16

21.6

50

67.6

0.74

   Moderate

11

13.1

22

26.2

51

60.7

   Severe / very severe

42

11.6

73

20.1

248

68.3

  Severity of loss of appetite

   Not at all / mild

13

14.6

19

21.3

57

64.0

0.07

   Moderate

9

8.5

33

31.1

64

60.4

   Severe / very severe

39

12.1

59

18.3

224

69.6

  Severity of apathy

   Not at all / mild

7

8.2

20

23.5

58

68.2

0.37

   Moderate

17

16.0

25

23.6

64

60.4

   Severe / very severe

36

11.2

64

19.9

222

68.9

  Severity of inflamed bottom

   Not at all / mild

38

13.4

66

23.2

180

63.4

0.35

   Moderate

10

11.6

14

16.3

62

72.1

   Severe / very severe

13

8.8

30

20.4

104

70.7

  Severity of interrupted sleep mode

   Not at all / mild

36

13.8

54

20.8

170

65.4

0.19

   Moderate

14

11.6

32

26.4

75

62.0

   Severe / very severe

11

8.0

25

18.2

101

73.7

  Severity of tearfulness

   Not at all / mild

35

22.9

30

19.6

88

57.5

< 0.001

   Moderate

12

7.9

43

28.3

97

63.8

   Severe / very severe

14

6.5

39

18.2

161

75.2

  Severity of anxiety / irritability

   Not at all / mild

44

20.2

47

21.6

127

58.3

< 0.001

   Moderate

9

7.4

36

29.8

76

62.8

   Severe / very severe

8

4.5

27

15.2

143

80.3

WORRY

 

Sociodemographic factors

  Gender

   Female

12

4.7

20

7.8

224

87.5

0.16

   Male

16

6.0

33

12.4

217

81.6

  Age

    ≤ 12 months

6

3.9

16

10.4

132

85.7

0.12

   13–24 months

6

3.6

15

8.9

147

87.5

   25–36 months

5

5.7

6

6.9

76

87.4

   37+ months

11

9.8

16

14.3

85

75.9

  Age of mother

    ≤ 24 years

4

7.3

1

1.8

50

90.9

0.21

   25–34 years

15

4.5

35

10.5

283

85.0

   35–44 years

9

7.3

14

11.3

101

81.5

   45+ years

0

0

2

25.0

6

75.0

  Age of father

    ≤ 24 years

1

3.7

1

3.7

25

92.6

0.81

   25–34 years

15

5.4

27

9.6

238

85.0

   35–44 years

9

5.6

18

11.1

135

83.3

   45+ years

1

2.8

5

13.9

30

83.3

  Education of mother

   Primary

0

0

2

6.9

27

93.1

0.58

   Secondary / vocational

11

5.9

16

8.6

159

85.5

   Higher

17

5.6

33

10.9

252

83.4

  Education of father

   Primary

3

8.3

0

0

33

91.7

0.30

   Secondary / vocational

12

5.0

26

10.8

203

84.2

   Higher

11

5.0

24

10.9

186

84.2

  Family structure

   Both parents

26

5.3

49

10.0

413

84.6

0.92

   Single parent

1

3.6

3

10.7

24

85.7

  Place of residence

   Urban

25

5.6

48

10.8

372

83.6

0.27

   Rural

3

4.6

3

4.6

59

90.8

Objective evaluation of the health status

  Vomiting (times per 24 h)

   0

1

33.3

0

0

2

66.7

0.21

   1

6

6.3

6

6.3

84

87.5

   2

11

4.9

26

11.6

187

83.5

   3

6

3.6

19

11.4

141

84.9

  Diarrhea (times per 24 h)

   1

6

9.5

3

4.8

54

85.7

0.13

   2

5

4.1

10

8.1

108

87.8

   3

13

4.2

38

12.3

257

83.4

  Severity of episode (Vesikari)

   Moderate

2

5.7

2

5.7

31

88.6

0.64

   Severe / very severe

22

4.8

49

10.7

387

84.5

Subjective evaluation of the health status

  Severity of diarrhea

   Not at all / mild

2

6.1

5

15.2

26

78.8

0.07

   Moderate

9

11.8

6

7.9

61

80.3

   Severe / very severe

17

4.2

41

10.0

350

85.8

  Severity of vomiting

   Not at all / mild

7

4.9

13

9.2

122

85.9

0.09

   Moderate

1

1.1

14

16.1

72

82.8

   Severe / very severe

20

6.9

25

8.7

243

84.4

  Severity of fever

   Not at all / mild

11

7.8

13

9.2

117

83.0

0.14

   Moderate

5

4.6

17

15.7

86

79.6

   Severe / very severe

12

4.5

22

8.3

232

87.2

  Severity of abdominal pain

   Not at all / mild

13

8.0

18

11.0

132

81.0

0.34

   Moderate

8

6.1

14

10.7

109

83.2

   Severe / very severe

7

3.3

19

9.1

183

87.6

  Severity of insufficient fluid intake

   Not at all / mild

5

6.8

6

8.1

63

85.1

0.89

   Moderate

3

3.6

9

10.7

72

85.7

   Severe / very severe

20

5.6

37

10.3

302

84.1

  Severity of loss of appetite

   Not at all / mild

5

5.6

9

10.1

75

84.3

0.57

   Moderate

3

2.9

14

13.5

87

83.7

   Severe / very severe

19

5.9

29

9.0

273

85.0

  Severity of apathy

   Not at all / mild

1

1.2

12

14.3

71

84.5

0.24

   Moderate

7

6.6

12

11.3

87

82.1

   Severe / very severe

19

5.9

28

8.8

273

85.3

  Severity of inflamed bottom

   Not at all / mild

20

7.1

34

12.0

229

80.9

0.13

   Moderate

4

4.7

5

5.8

77

89.5

   Severe / very severe

4

2.8

13

9.0

128

88.3

  Severity of interrupted sleep mode

   Not at all / mild

19

7.4

26

10.1

213

82.6

0.33

   Moderate

5

4.2

14

11.7

101

84.2

   Severe / very severe

4

2.9

12

8.8

121

88.3

  Severity of tearfulness

   Not at all / mild

16

10.5

19

12.5

117

77.0

0.006

   Moderate

6

4.0

16

10.6

129

85.4

   Severe / very severe

6

2.8

16

7.5

191

89.7

  Severity of anxiety / irritability

   Not at all / mild

21

9.7

26

12.0

170

78.3

< 0.001

   Moderate

2

1.7

19

15.8

99

82.5

   Severe / very severe

5

2.8

7

4.0

165

93.2

COMPASSION

 

Sociodemographic factors

  Gender

   Female

3

1.2

15

5.8

239

93.0

0.25

   Male

9

3.3

15

5.6

245

91.1

  Age

    ≤ 12 months

3

1.9

4

2.6

149

95.5

0.21

   13–24 months

6

3.6

9

5.4

153

91.1

   25–36 months

1

1.1

6

6.8

81

92.0

   37+ months

2

1.8

11

9.7

100

88.5

  Age of mother

    ≤ 24 years

1

1.8

1

1.8

53

96.4

0.68

   25–34 years

8

2.4

17

5.1

310

92.5

   35–44 years

3

2.4

10

7.9

113

89.7

   45+ years

0

0

1

12.5

7

87.5

  Age of father

    ≤ 24 years

0

0

1

3.7

26

96.3

0.43

   25–34 years

7

2.5

11

3.9

263

93.6

   35–44 years

5

3.0

11

6.7

148

90.2

   45+ years

0

0

4

10.8

33

89.2

  Education of mother

   Primary

0

0

1

3.4

28

96.6

0.36

   Secondary / vocational

7

3.7

8

4.2

174

92.1

   Higher

5

1.7

20

6.6

278

91.7

  Education of father

   Primary

4

11.1

2

5.6

30

83.3

0.01

   Secondary / vocational

4

1.6

13

5.3

227

93.0

   Higher

4

1.8

11

5.0

207

93.2

  Family structure

   Both parents

12

2.4

27

5.5

452

92.1

0.67

   Single parent

0

0

2

7.1

26

92.9

  Place of residence

   Urban

11

2.5

27

6.0

410

91.5

0.79

   Rural

1

1.5

3

4.5

62

93.9

Objective evaluation of the health status

  Vomiting (times per 24 h)

   0

0

0

0

0

3

100.0

0.22

   1

4

4.1

10

10.3

83

85.6

   2

4

1.8

9

4.0

213

94.2

   3

2

1.2

10

6.0

155

92.8

  Diarrhea (times per 24 h)

   1

1

1.6

6

9.5

56

88.9

0.54

   2

4

3.3

6

4.9

113

91.9

   3

5

1.6

17

5.4

290

92.9

  Severity of episode (Vesikari)

   Moderate

0

0

4

11.4

31

88.6

0.24

   Severe / very severe

10

2.2

25

5.4

427

92.4

Subjective evaluation of the health status

  Severity of diarrhea

   Not at all / mild

0

0

2

6.1

31

93.9

0.48

   Moderate

3

3.9

2

2.6

71

93.4

   Severe / very severe

8

1.9

26

6.3

378

91.7

  Severity of vomiting

   Not at all / mild

2

1.4

12

8.4

129

90.2

0.32

   Moderate

3

3.4

2

2.3

82

94.3

   Severe / very severe

6

2.1

16

5.5

269

92.4

  Severity of fever

   Not at all / mild

3

2.1

11

7.7

129

90.2

0.84

   Moderate

2

1.8

6

5.5

101

92.7

   Severe / very severe

6

2.2

13

4.9

248

92.9

  Severity of abdominal pain

   Not at all / mild

6

3.7

12

7.4

145

89.0

0.31

   Moderate

1

0.7

6

4.5

127

94.8

   Severe / very severe

4

1.9

10

4.8

196

93.3

  Severity of insufficient fluid intake

   Not at all / mild

0

0

5

6.8

69

93.2

0.41

   Moderate

2

2.4

2

2.4

80

95.2

   Severe / very severe

9

2.5

23

6.3

331

91.2

  Severity of loss of appetite

   Not at all / mild

2

2.2

4

4.5

83

93.3

0.98

   Moderate

2

1.9

6

5.7

98

92.5

   Severe / very severe

7

2.2

20

6.2

295

91.6

  Severity of apathy

   Not at all / mild

3

3.5

7

8.2

75

88.2

0.60

   Moderate

3

2.8

5

4.7

98

92.5

   Severe / very severe

5

1.6

18

5.6

299

92.9

  Severity of inflamed bottom

   Not at all / mild

6

2.1

22

7.7

256

90.1

0.12

   Moderate

3

3.5

4

4.7

79

91.9

   Severe / very severe

2

1.4

3

2.0

142

96.6

  Severity of interrupted sleep mode

   Not at all / mild

4

1.5

16

6.2

240

92.3

0.73

   Moderate

4

3.3

5

4.1

112

92.6

   Severe / very severe

3

2.2

9

6.6

125

91.2

  Severity of tearfulness

   Not at all / mild

3

2.0

12

7.8

138

90.2

0.46

   Moderate

5

3.3

7

4.6

140

92.1

   Severe / very severe

3

1.4

10

4.7

201

93.9

  Severity of anxiety / irritability

   Not at all / mild

4

1.8

15

6.9

199

91.3

0.53

   Moderate

3

2.5

9

7.4

109

90.1

   Severe / very severe

4

2.2

6

3.4

168

94.4