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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 4 Associations Between Physician’s Communicative Behaviors, Caregiver’s Marital Status, Diagnosis, and Child’s Gender

From: Associations between clinical and sociodemographic data and patterns of communication in pediatric oncology

 

Marital Status

Diagnosis

Child’s gender

 

Single or divorced

Married

Leukemia or Lymphoma

Solid tumors

Female

Male

Physician’s guidance to child - M(SD)

6.78 (9.51)

8.51 (8.20)

9.49 (9.54)

5.68 (7.51)

7.36 (9.1)

8.24 (8.71)

 

t[143] = 1.17; p = 0.24

t[144] = 2.63; p = 0.15

t[144] = 0.59; p = 0.38

Physician’s guidance to caregiver - M(SD)

32.1 (23.25)

39.49 (26.48)

41.93 (30.9)

29 (12.37)

35.5 (23.4)

36.75 (27.21)

 

t[143] = 1.78; p = 0.05

t[144] = 3.41; p < 0.001

t[144] = 0.29; p = 0.52

Asks child about doubts - M(SD)

0.54 (1.27)

1.12 (1.58)

0.96 (1.57)

0.79 (1.47)

0.96 (1.57)

0.79 (1.47)

 

t[143] = 2.38; p < 0.01

t[144] = 0.69; p = 0.81

t[144] = 0.66; p = 0.52

Asks caregiver about doubts - M(SD)

1.21 (1.75)

1.53 (1.89)

1.73 (1.89)

0.98 (1.67)

1.50 (1.91)

1.26 (1.73)

 

t[143] = 1.07; p = 0.45

t[144] = 2.47; p = 0.16

t[144] = 0.77; p = 0.35

Child’s doubts - M(SD)

1.12 (2.00)

1.12 (2.15)

1.53 (2.54)

0.68 (1.23)

1.19 (2.15)

1.09 (2.03)

 

t[143] = 0.002; p = 0.75

t[144] = 2.61; p < 0.001

t[144] = 0.29; p = 0.71

Caregiver’s doubts - M(SD)

6.32 (4.96)

10.16 (8.66)

10.16 (8.61)

6.12 (4.73)

7.76 (5.97)

9.00 (8.71)

 

t[143] = 3.31; p < 0.01

t[144] = 3.59; p = 0.001

t[144] = 1.02; p = 0.50

Protesting - M(SD)

2.18 (4.91)

2.60 (4.78)

2.73 (5.57)

1.97 (5.15)

2.01 (5.09)

2.81 (5.11)

 

t[143] = 0.46; p = 0.80

t[144] = 1.78; p = 0.28

t[144] = 0.99; p = 0.08

Physician’s bonding with the child - M(SD)

9.75 (5.44)

9.38 (5.49)

11.41 (5.30)

7.32 (4.74)

10.18 (6.16)

8.81 (4.38)

 

t[142] = 0.70; p = 0.40

t[143] = 4.84; p = 0.46

t[143] = 1.56; p = 0.10

Physician’s bonding with the caregiver - M(SD)

2.70 (3.62)

2.47 (2.78)

2.91 (2.63)

2.21 (3.73)

2.32 (2.37)

2.91 (3.92)

 

t[142] = 0.43; p = 0.83

t[143] = 1.31; p = 0.67

t[143] = 1.07; p = 0.20

Obtaining information from child - M(SD)

3.63 (4.48)

3.99 (3.57)

4.20 (4.31)

3.42 (3.60)

3.92 (4.4)

3.76 (3.54)

 

t[142] = 0.53; p = 0.91

t[143] = 1.16; p = 0.53

t[143] = 0.24; p = 0.28

Obtaining information from caregiver - M(SD)

9.78 (5.82)

9.91 (5.20)

9.28 (5.23)

10.61 (5.71)

10.22 (6.21)

9.49 (4.49)

 

t[142] = 0.14; p = 0.56

t[143] = 1.45; p = 0.78

t[143] = 0.81; p = 0.02