Table 1 Demographics
From: Parents’ information needs and influential factors when making decisions about TNF-α inhibitors
Characteristic | Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (n = 86) | Inflammatory Bowel Disease (n = 115) | Total (n = 201) | P Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient age, mean (SD), y | 12.0 (4.9) | 15.4 (3.1) | 13.7 (4.0) | <0.001 |
Months since starting treatment, mean (SD) | 20.3 (8.1) | 15.5 (7.4) | 17.9 (7.8) | <0.001 |
Patient sex, n (%) | 0.003 | |||
Male | 30 (34.9) | 64 (56.1) | 94 (47) | |
Female | 56 (65.1) | 50 (43.9) | 106 (53) | |
Patient race, n (%) | 0.32 | |||
White | 77 (90.6) | 98 (86.0) | 175 (87.9) | |
Black/African American | 5 (5.9) | 7 (6.1) | 12 (6.0) | |
Asian/American Indian/Pacific Islander | 0 (0) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (1.5) | |
Mixed | 3 (3.5) | 3 (2.6) | 6 (3.1) | |
Other | 0 (0) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (1.5) | |
Patient ethnicity, n (%) | 0.25 | |||
Hispanic | 5 (5.8) | 3 (2.6) | 8 (4.0) | |
Non-Hispanic | 81 (94.2) | 112 (97.4) | 193 (96.0) | |
Respondent relationship to patient | 0.37 | |||
Mother | 78 (91.8) | 98 (85.2) | 176 (88.0) | |
Father | 6 (7.1) | 15 (13.0) | 21 (10.5) | |
Legal Guardian | 1 (1.2) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (1.5) | |
Respondent education, n (%) | 0.06 | |||
No college | 13 (15.7) | 9 (8.2) | 22 (11.4) | |
Some college | 22 (26.5) | 23 (20.9) | 45 (23.3) | |
College degree | 25 (30.1) | 47 (42.7) | 72 (37.3) | |
Post-graduate degree | 21 (25.3) | 30 (27.3) | 51 (26.4) | |
Other | 2 (2.4) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (1.6) |