Research Article
Understanding Daily, Emotional, and Physical Burdens and Needs of Parents Caring for Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Table 1
Characteristics of 1,107 German parents living with a child with type 1 diabetes.
| Participating parent characteristics | Mean (SD) or (%) | Mothers | Fathers |
| | (83.0%) | (17.0%) | Current age, years | 43.9 (6.5) | 46.0 (6.9) | Born in Germany | 774 (84.7%) | 155 (83.8%) | Professional qualification | University degree (associate degree and above) | 278 (30.6%) | 88 (47.3%) | Apprenticeship or traineeship | 540 (59.5%) | 84 (45.2%) | Other or no qualification | 89 (9.8%) | 14 (7.5%) | Living arrangement | With a spouse | 725 (78.9%) | 173 (92.0%) | Alone | 194 (21.1%) | 15 (8.0%) | Number of children | One child | 231 (25.1%) | 40 (21.3%) | Two | 444 (48.3%) | 86 (45.7%) | Three | 172 (18.7%) | 45 (23.9%) | Four or more | 72 (7.8%) | 17 (9.1%) | Youth characteristics | Current age, years | 12.7 (3.9) | Gender (female/male) | 501(46.7%)/571(53.3%) | Age at type 1 diabetes diagnosis, years | 6.7 (3.6) | Youth clinical characteristics | Disease duration, years | 5.9 (3.8) years | Most recent HbA1c, %/mmol/mol | 7.67 (1.14)/60.27 (12.49) | Current use of CSII, yes | 721 (65.4%) | Current use of CGM†, yes | 198 (39.5%) |
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Note: the % is calculated excluding missing values. †Total . |