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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 3 Correlations between Sociodemographic and Clinical Dimensions and Pediatrician’s Communicative Behaviors towards the Caregiver

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

 

Child’s age

Time since diagnosis

Guidance to caregiver

Asks caregiver about doubts

Caregiver’s doubts

Caregiver’s age

Bonding with caregiver

Time since diagnosis

r = -0.29

      

p < 0.01

      

Guidance to caregiver

r = 0.12

r = -0.21

     

p = 0.02

p = 0.02

     

Asks caregiver about doubts

r = 0.09

r = -0.11

r = 0.50

    

p = 0.07

p = 0.06

p < 0.01

    

Caregiver’s doubts

r = -0.07

r = 0.01

r = 0.68

r = 0.32

   

p = 0.38

p = 0.79

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

   

Caregiver’s age

r = 0.29

r = 0.03

r = 0.08

r = -0.03

r = 0.17

  

p < 0.01

p = 0.96

p = 0.33

p = 0.54

p = 0.03

  

Bonding with caregiver

r = -0.08

r = 0.08

r = 0.31

r = 0.43

r = 0.12

r = -0.01

 

p = 0.43

p = 0.51

p < 0.01

p = 0.01

p = 0.09

p = 0.21

 

Obtaining information from caregiver

r = 0.05

r = -0.25

r = 0.55

r = 0.18

r = 0.20

r = 0.03

r = 0.13

p = 0.57

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

p = 0.03

p = 0.01

p = 0.69

p = 0.30