Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting

Table 2

Participants’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

	Subgroups of Chronic Diseases			Total Group of CC
	Diabetes	Allergic diseases	Neurologic Diseases
	N=43	N=63	N=29	N=135
Sociodemographic Variables
Age (years) (M±SD)	13.7±1.6	14.2±1.5	14.0±1.5	14.0±1.5
Gender ()
Boy	41.9	58.7	51.7	51.9
Girl	58.1	41.3	48.3	48.1
Educational Level – Adolescents ()
Basic Level (- Grades)	23.3	20.6	20.7	21.5
Basic Level (- Grades)	48.8	58.7	48.3	53.3
Secondary Level (- Grades)	27.9	20.6	31.0	25.2
Educational Level - Father ()
Basic Level (- Grades)	55.0	69.5	67.9	64.6
Secondary Level (- Grades)	27.5	23.7	17.9	23.6
Superior (or more) Level (University, Post-Graduate)	17.5	6.8	14.3	11.8
Educational Level - Mother ()
Basic Level (- Grades)	46.3	62.9	44.8	53.8
Secondary Level (- Grades)	34.1	24.2	34.5	29.5
Superior (or more) Level (University, Post-Graduate)	19.5	12.9	20.7	16.7
Clinical Variables
Time since diagnosis (years) (M±SD)	5.0±3.9	8.9±4.6	8.5±4.9	7.5±4.7
Special equipment ()
No	2.3	93.7	79.3	61.5
Yes	97.7	6.3	20.7	38.5
Medication ()
No	79.1	3.2	37.9	34.8
Yes	20.9	96.8	62.1	65.2