Effects on Parental Stress of Early Home-Based CareToy Intervention in Low-Risk Preterm Infants

Table 1

Description of samples of parents and infants.

Characteristics of the sample	Total	CT group	SC group
Infants	44	24	20
Infant age (months)	3.85 ± 0.93	3.73 ± 0.86	3.99 ± 1.02
Twins	20	12	8
Infant sex (no. of males)	24	15	9
Infant nationality (no. of Italians)	25	13	12
Mother age (years)	37.52 ± 4.48	37.54 ± 4.45	37.50 ± 4.77
Father age (years)	40.78 ± 5.34	40.31 ± 4.97	41.40 ± 6.00
Marital status (no. of married)	30	17	13
Involvement in the training (no. of mothers)		22