Participant characteristics
A total of 120 cancer child-parent questionnaires and 120 healthy
child-parent questionnaires were issued. The number of valid
questionnaires recovered in cancer group is 91 (75.8%), and 96 (80%)
for parents and 114 (95%) for children in control group. Some
participants did not complete the questionnaire due to changes of the
children’s condition, limited time, scheduling difficulties, or no
interest about the research. Participants who failed to provide complete
data were also excluded from the analysis. Table 1 displays the medical
and demographic information for the cancer and healthy control groups.
There was no significant difference in parents’
(χ2=1.08,P=0.337;t=−0.69, P=0.49) and children’s (χ2=3.274,P=0.07;
t=0.169, P=0.866) gender or age between the two groups.