Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the parents and their association with parental psychological well-being

Parents gender

Female

Male

88 (67.7)

42 (32.3)

78.93 ± 10.92

79.41 ± 13.37

Test, P-value

t ^a=-0.21, P = 0.82

Father’s age groups

≤ 20

21–30

31–40

≥41

2 (4.8)

21 (50.0)

16 (38.1)

3 (7.1)

72.0 ± 7.07

78.00 ± 13.06

83.53 ± 14.69

73.66 ± 9.07

Test, P-value

 F ^b=0.93, P = 0.43

Mother’s age groups

≤ 20

21–30

31–40

≥41

3 (3.4)

38 (43.2)

42 (47.7)

5 (5.7)

71.00 ± 12.76

78.89 ± 11.86

79.57 ± 9.51

79.57 ± 9.51

Test, P-value

F ^b =0.56, P = 0.63

Parents’ marital status

Lived together

A divorced single parent

129 (99.2)

1 (0.8)

79.00 ± 11.72

89.00

Test, P-value

t ^a =-0.84, P = 0.39

Parents’ education level

Primary school

Middle school

High School and Diploma

Academic

21 (16.2)

28 (21.5)

51 (39.2)

30 (23.1)

75.57 ± 6.59

75.85 ± 10.60

78.43 ± 12.38

85.89 ± 12.02

Test, P-value

F^b=5.11, 0.002

Parent’s jobs

Housewife

Employed

Unemployed

Retired

70 (53.8)

51 (39.2)

7 (5.4)

2 (1.5)

77.28 ± 11.92

77.67 ± 10.62

69.50 ± 0.70

81.70 ± 12.96

Test, P-value

F ^b =1.70, P = 0.17

Parents’ comorbidities condition

Yes

No

20 (15.4)

110 (84.6)

82.90 ± 10.16

78.38 ± 11.87

Test, P-value

t ^a =1.59, P = 0.11

Parents’ drug administration

Yes

No

17 (13.1)

113 (86.9)

82.11 ± 9.24

78.62 ± 12.00

Test, P-value

t ^a =1.14, P = 0.25

Previous history of premature birth

Yes

No

0 (0.0)

130 (100.0)

Cannot be computed

Test, P-value