Impact of Childhood Cancer on Family Functioning and Family Quality of Life in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia

Table 7

Overall scores of impact on family domains correlation with demographic characteristics.

Variable	Mean ± SD	value
Gender
Male	3.5 ± 0.52	0.480
Female	3.4 ± 0.54
Diagnosis
Leukemia	3.6 ± 0.45	0.022
Brain tumor	3.4 ± 0.57
Lymphomas	3.3 ± 0.49
Others	3.4 ± 0.64
Phase of treatment
Completed	2.8 ± 0.13	0.001
Ongoing	3.5 ± 0.52
Not specified	3.3 ± 0.56
Marital status (mother)
Married	3.5 ± 0.49	0.001
Divorced	2.7 ± 0.24
Widow	—
Educational level (mother)
Uneducated	—	0.001
High school or less	3.6 ± 0.47
University degree	3.3 ± 0.57
Postgraduate	2.8 ± 0.38
Employment status (mother)
Unemployed	3.5 ± 0.47	0.003
Employed	3.2 ± 0.66
Retired	2.8 ± 0.01
Marital status (father)
Married	3.5 ± 0.51	0.001
Divorced	2.9 ± 0.41
Widow	—
Educational level (father)
Uneducated	—	0.001
High school or less	3.7 ± 0.32
University degree	3.2 ± 0.61
Postgraduate	3.1 ± 0.49
Employment status (father)
Unemployed	3.1 ± 0.56	0.001
Employed	3.5 ± 0.51
Retired	2.8 ± 0.34