Research Article

Spiritual Struggle in Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis Increases Odds of Depression

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients by study completion.

Baseline and follow-up
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Baseline only
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Value

Parents, (%)
 Female80 (71.4%)21 (72.4%)0.92
 Male32 (28.6%)8 (27.6%)
Religious affiliation, (%)
 Nondenominational Christian34 (30.4%)13 (44.8%)0.14
 Protestant20 (17.9%)2 (6.9%)
 Roman Catholic23 (20.5%)2 (6.9%)
 Other19 (17.0%)4 (13.8%)
 None16 (14.3%)8 (27.6%)
Being “at peace,” median (IQR), 10 (8–12), 11110 (8–12), 290.77
Marital status, (%)
 Married102 (91.1%)24 (82.8%)0.20
 Not married10 (8.9%)5 (17.2%)
Education level,   (%)
 High school (some or completed)29 (25.9%)6 (20.7%)0.15
 Some college (did not graduate)31 (27.7%)13 (44.8%)
 College/graduate school (completed)52 (46.4%)9 (31.0%)
Multiple children with CF, (%)
 Yes22 (19.6%)5 (17.2%)0.77
 No90 (80.4%)24 (82.8%)
CES-D score (depressive symptomology), median (IQR), 12 (8–24), 10418.5 (6–25), 240.71
Above cutoff for clinically significant depressive symptoms, (%)
 Yes46 (41.1%)14 (48.3%)0.21
 No58 (51.8%)10 (34.5%)
Child with CF, (%)
 Female52 (46.4%)14 (48.3%)0.99
 Male56 (50.0%)15 (51.7%)
Child age in years, median (IQR), 5 (3–11), 1114 (4–8.5), 280.67
Pulmonary exacerbations child had in prior year, median, (IQR)0 (0–2), 1121 (0–2), 290.15
BMI percentile of child, median (IQR)59 (34–84), 11052 (34–66), 290.33

values from Wilcoxon Mann–Whitney test or chi-square test.