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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of infants and their parents

From: The effect of behavioral therapy based counseling with anxious mothers on their infants' colic: a randomized controlled clinical trial

 

Control group N = 23

Intervention group N = 18

p-value

Age, mother(year)*

27.4(5.0)

28.1(3.1)

0/604†

age, Father (year)*

31.5(4.8)

32.9(3.7)

0/269†

Gender, infant

   

 Female

9(39.1)

11(47.8)

0.552††

 Male

14(60.9)

12(52.2)

Number of children

 1

16(69.6)

13(56.5)

0.542§

 2 or more

7(30.40)

10(43.5)

gravida

 1

13(56.5)

10(43.5)

0.575§

 2 or more

10(43.5)

13(56.5)

Number of abortions

 0

17(73.9)

20(87.0)

0.243§

 1 or more

6(26.1)

3(13.0)

Educational level, mother

  

0.230‡

 High school

6(26.1)

1(4.3)

 

 Graduated from high school

6(26.1)

10(43.5)

 

 college

11(48.7)

12(52.2)

 

Job, mother

  

0.608§

 housewife

20(87.0)

22(95.8)

 

 employed

3(13.0)

1(4.3)

 

Educational level, father

  

0.075‡

 High school

2(8.7)

0(0.0)

 

 Graduated from high school

9(39.1)

6(26.1)

 

 college

12(52.2)

17(73.9)

 

Job/father

  

0.380§

 employee

5(21.7)

5(27.1)

 

 Manual worker

4(17.4)

1(4.3)

 

 freelance

14(60.9)

17(74.0)

 

Family income

  

0.057‡

 enough

1(4.3)

4(17.4)

 

 insufficient

7(30.4)

2(8.7)

 

 Fairly enough

5(65.2)

17(73.9)

 

Habitat

  

0.254§

 Private house

3(13.0)

9(39.1)

 

 Rental house

11(47.8)

7(30.4)

 

 Mother’s parents home

1(4.3)

0(0.0)

 

 Father’s parents home

8(34.7)

7(30.4)

 

Life satisfaction

  

0.807‡

 satisfied

6(26.1)

6(26.1)

 

 Fairly Satisfied

14(60.9)

15(65.2)

 

 dissatisfied

3(13.0)

2(8.7)

 
  1. † independent T-test;
  2. ††chi-square test
  3. ‡ trend chi-square test
  4. § fisher's exact test;
  5. * mean(standard deviation)