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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Associations between Communicative Behaviors and the Caregiver’s level of education and Monthly Income

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

 

Caregiver’s level of education

Monthly income

 

None, primary grade

Junior high school

High school

College

Low income

Medium income

High income

Physician’s guidance to child-M(SD)

3.92 (5.11)

5.46 (7.27)

10.7 (11.1)

10.04 (7.8)

7.4 (9.7)

8.52 (7.8)

6.75 (7.1)

 

F[3,144] = 5.39; p = 0.002

F[2,144] = 0.33; p = 0.72

Physician’s guidance to caregiver-M(SD)

25.69 (14.1)

24.57 (10.8)

46.82 (25.9)

47.04 (25.5)

32.3 (19.7)

34.1 (23.5)

60.94 (39.4)

 

F[3,144] = 11.07; p < 0.001

F[2,144] = 9.96; p < 0.001

Asks child about doubts - M(SD)

0.46 (1.42)

0.54 (1.17)

1.16 (1.77)

1.21 (1.28)

0.88 (1.57)

0.96 (1.5)

0.38 (0.62)

 

F[3,144] = 2.57; p = 0.05

F[2,144] = 0.97; p = 0.38

Asks caregiver about doubts- M(SD)

1.15 (1.89)

0.63 (1.22)

1.87 (2.05)

2.04 (1.84)

1.36 (1.93)

1.48 (1.7)

1.19 (1.6)

 

F[3,144] = 5.42; p = 0.001

F[2,144] = 0.16; p = 0.85

Child’s doubts- M(SD)

1.12 (2.01)

0.52 (0.91)

1.27 (2.27)

1.86 (2.87)

1.01 (1.86)

1.39 (2.5)

0.88 (1.71)

 

F[3,144] = 2.60; p = 0.05

F[2,144] = 0.61; p = 0.54

Caregiver’s doubts- M(SD)

6.31 (4.73)

5.74 (4.04)

9.38 (7.27)

12.93 (10.9)

6.76 (4.96)

8.37 (7.3)

16.6 (12.1)

 

F[3,144] = 7.27; p < 0.001

F[2,144] = 14.09; p < 0.001

Protesting- M(SD)

2.73 (6.87)

1.63 (3.08)

3.31 (5.67)

1.89 (3.15)

2.05 (4.74)

2.8 (5.26)

11.25 (6.5)

 

F[3,144] = 1.06; p = 0.36

F[2,144] = 0.53; p = 0.59

Physician’s bonding with child-M(SD)

8.88 (5.88)

7.30 (5.55)

9.91 (3.85)

13.29 (5.18)

8.07 (5.1)

11.6 (5.1)

11.25 (6.5)

 

F[3,143] = 8.25; p < 0.001

F[2,143] = 7.63; p = 0.001

Physician’s bonding with caregiver-M(SD)

1.81 (1.79)

1.20 (1.99)

3.30 (4.16)

4.43 (2.95)

2.28 (3.5)

2.65 (2.5)

3.88 (3.13)

 

F[3,143] = 8.36; p < 0.001

F[2,143] = 1.70; p = 0.19

Obtaining information from child- M(SD)

3.15 (2.55)

3.52 (3.96)

4.59 (5.24)

3.71 (2.79)

3.85 (4.18)

3.8 (4.21)

3.69 (2.39)

 

F[3,143] = 0.87; p = 0.46

F[2,143] = 0.01; p = 0.98

Obtaining information from caregiver-M(SD)

9.69 (5.03)

8.89 (6.24)

11.50 (4.94)

8.96 (5.01)

10.17 (5.8)

8.63 (4.8)

11.69 (5.1)

 

F[3,143] = 2.09; p = 0.01

F[2,143] = 2.22; p = 0.01