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Table 5 Social burden (changes in daily routine) of the disease stratified by the associated factors (n = 527)

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

Factor

Yes

No

p

Number

%

Number

%

Sociodemographic factors

 Gender

  Female

211

82.4

45

17.6

0.06

  Male

202

75.7

65

24.3

 Age

   ≤ 12 months

105

67.7

50

32.3

< 0.001

  13–24 months

126

75.4

41

24.6

  25–36 months

79

89.8

9

10.2

  37+ months

102

91.1

10

8.9

 Age of the mother (years)

   ≤ 24 years

31

56.4

24

43.6

< 0.001

  25–34 years

264

79.3

69

20.7

  35–44 years

111

88.8

14

11.2

  45+ years

5

62.5

3

37.5

 Age of the father (years)

   ≤ 24 years

18

66.7

9

33.3

0.03

  25–34 years

212

75.4

69

24.6

  35–44 years

137

85.1

24

14.9

  45+ years

32

86.5

5

13.5

 Education of the mother

  Primary

18

62.1

11

37.9

< 0.001

  Secondary / vocational

133

71.1

54

28.9

  Higher

257

85.1

45

14.9

 Education of the father

  Primary

24

70.6

10

29.4

0.30

  Secondary / vocational

190

78.2

53

21.8

  Higher

181

81.5

41

18.5

 Family structure

  Both parents

386

79.1

102

20.9

0.61

  Single parent

21

75.0

7

25.0

 Place of residence

  Urban

350

78.5

96

21.5

0.57

  Rural

53

81.5

12

18.5

Objective evaluation of the health status

 Vomiting (times per 24 h)

  0

1

33.3

2

66.7

0.08

  1

70

72.2

27

27.8

  2

178

79.1

47

20.9

  3

135

81.3

31

18.7

 Diarrhea (times per 24 h)

  1

48

77.4

14

22.6

0.07

  2

87

71.3

35

28.7

  3

254

81.4

58

18.6

 Severity of episodes (Vesikari)

  Moderate

24

68.6

11

31.4

0.13

  Severe / very severe

366

79.6

94

20.4

Subjective evaluation of the health status

 Severity of diarrhea

  Not at all / mild

24

72.7

9

27.3

0.36

  Moderate

56

74.7

19

25.3

  Severe / very severe

330

80.3

81

19.7

 Severity of vomiting

  Not at all / mild

110

77.5

32

22.5

0.23

  Moderate

63

73.3

23

26.7

  Severe / very severe

237

81.4

54

18.6

 Severity of fever

  Not at all / mild

102

71.8

40

28.2

0.02

  Moderate

94

85.5

16

14.5

  Severe / very severe

215

80.8

51

19.2

 Severity of abdominal pain

  Not at all / mild

123

75.9

39

24.1

0.63

  Moderate

105

78.9

28

21.1

  Severe / very severe

168

80.0

42

20.0

 Severity of insufficient fluid intake

  Not at all / mild

50

68.5

23

31.5

0.04

  Moderate

63

76.8

19

23.2

  Severe / very severe

296

81.5

67

18.5

 Severity of loss of appetite

  Not at all / mild

64

72.2

24

27.3

0.06

  Moderate

78

74.3

27

25.7

  Severe / very severe

264

82.2

57

17.8

 Severity of apathy

  Not at all / mild

60

71.4

24

28.6

0.14

  Moderate

85

81.0

20

19.0

  Severe / very severe

260

81.0

61

19.0

 Severity of inflamed bottom

  Not at all / mild

219

77.9

62

22.1

0.60

  Moderate

82

82.8

15

17.2

  Severe / very severe

117

80.1

29

19.9

 Severity of interrupted sleep mode

  Not at all / mild

199

77.1

59

22.9

0.48

  Moderate

96

79.3

25

20.7

  Severe / very severe

112

82.4

24

17.6

 Severity of tearfulness

  Not at all / mild

116

76.3

36

23.7

0.59

  Moderate

123

80.9

29

19.1

  Severe / very severe

169

79.7

43

20.3

 Severity of anxiety / irritability

  Not at all / mild

168

77.4

49

22.6

0.64

  Moderate

98

81.0

23

19.0

  Severe / very severe

142

80.7

34

19.3