Relationships among depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in parents of children with congenital heart defects: A dynamic triad

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the parents of the subjects and controls, n (%)

Variable	Child with heart defect (n = 50)	No defect (n = 50)	χ2	P value
Age of child in years
mean ± SD	5.0 ± 5.4	6.8 ± 6.2	1.5231	0.131
Median	3.0	4.5
Age of child in groups
< 1 year	13 (26.0)	6 (12,0)	3.741	0.291
1-4 years	18 (36.0)	19 (38.0)
5-9 years	10 (20.0)	11 (22.0)
≥ 10 years	9 (18.0)	14 (28.0)
Age of father in years
mean ± SD	41.4 ± 7.0	47.4 ± 7.9	4.026	< 0.001
Age of father in groups
< 40 years	17 (34.0)	5 (12.0)	11.023	0.004
40-49 years	28 (56.0)	28 (56.0)
≥ 50 years	5 (10.0)	16 (32.0)
Age of mother in years
mean ± SD	32.6 ± 6.7	38.9 ± 8.7	4.012	< 0.001
Age of mother in years
< 30 years	14 (28.0)	4 (8.0)	20.159	< 0.001
30-39 years	33 (66.0)	25 (50.0)
≥ 40 years	3 (6.0)	21 (42.0)
Educational attainment of father
No formal education	2 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	4.2032	0.240
Primary education	4 (8.0)	8 (16.0)
Secondary education	15 (30.0)	15 (30.0)
Tertiary education	29 (58.0)	27 (54.0)
Educational attainment of mother
Primary education	6 (12.0)	2 (4.0)	2.275	0.321
Secondary education	16 (32.0)	19 (38.0)
Tertiary education	28 (56.0)	29 (58.0)
Socioeconomic status
Low socioeconomic class	9 (18.0)	5 (10.0)	1.604	0.449
Middle socioeconomic class	14 (28.0)	13 (26.0)
High socioeconomic class	27 (54.0)	32 (64.0)

¹Mann-Whitney U test.

²Likelihood ratio.