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Table 6 Comparison of parents’ education/work tasks and HRQOL in Argentina and Sweden

From: Health-related quality of life, culture and communication: a comparative study in children with cancer in Argentina and Sweden

 

Argentina mean (sd)

Sweden mean (sd)

p-value

Children whose parents’ have:

 

Cancer module

Post-secondary education (F)

67.8 (4.7)

78.3 (11.8)

0.031

 

Multidimensional fatigue module

No post-secondary education (M)

76.2 (13.6)

61.4 (11.8)

0.022

Unemployed parent (F)

75.4 (18.8)

54.0 (21.0)

0.046

Parents who have:

 

Multidimensional fatigue module

No post-secondary education (M)

71.6 (15.6)

60.3 (17.4)

0.042

Unemployed parent (F)

75.7 (16.5)

53.5 (9.2)

0.013

Unemployed parent (M)

83.3 (14.7)

56.1 (12.6)

0.031

 

Generic Core Scale

Unemployed parent (M)

76.9 (17.5)

50.3 (12.5)

0.032

  1. Note: Scores range from 0 to 100; higher scores represent a better HRQOL
  2. F female, M male