Weekend-Based Parent-Group Intervention to Reduce Stress in Parents of Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Characteristics of children/adolescents and their parents.

Characteristics	No. (%) or
Age of children (years)	(range 3-17.9)
Children’s gender (males)	15 (41.7)
Duration of diabetes
HbA1c (%)
Treatment
CSII	16 (44.4%)
MDI	20 (55.6%)
Mother age (years)
Father age (years)
Mother occupation
Employed	28 (77.8%)
Unemployed	1 (2.8%)
Retired	7 (19.4%)
Mother school education
Low school	11 (30.6)
Middle school	19 (52.7)
High school	6 (16.7)
University degree	—
Father occupation
Employed	34 (94.4%)
Unemployed	1 (2.8%)
Retired	1 (2.8%)
Father school education
Low school	1 (2.8)
Middle school	12 (33.3)
High school	20 (55.6)
University degree	3 (8.3)