Adherence to medication: A nation-wide study from the Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egypt

Table 1 Basic characteristics of 281 parents and their child diagnosed with cancer at the Children’s Cancer Hospital in Cairo, Egypt n (%)

Characteristics
Primary caregiver of the child
Mother	17 (6)
Father	30 (11)
Both parents	234 (83)
Participants accompanying/staying with the child at the hospital
Mother	228 (81)
Father	47 (17)
Both parents	2 (1)
Other	4 (1)
Child’s gender
Male	165 (59)
Female	116 (41)
Child’s age (yr)
0-4	119 (42)
5-8	59 (21)
9-15	89 (32)
16-18	14 (5)
Mother’s level of education
No education	98 (35)
Primary/preparatory	54 (19)
Secondary	49 (17)
Institute-diploma	48 (17)
University	32 (11)
Father’s level of education
No education	91 (32)
Primary/preparatory	39 (14)
Secondary	65 (23)
Institute-diploma	53 (19)
University	29 (10)
Not stated	4 (1)
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	254 (90)
Labourer	9 (3)
Employee	17 (6)
Own business	1 (< 1)
Father’s occupation
Unemployed	15 (5)
Labourer	186 (66)
Employee	60 (21)
Own business	14 (5)
Not stated	6 (2)
Residential region
Urban	89 (32)
Rural	185 (66)
Abroad	7 (2)
Diagnosis
Leukaemia	128
Pre-B ALL	77
Pre-T ALL	25
Acute myeloid leukemia	24
JMML	2
Lymphomas	52
Non-Hodgkin	39
Hodgkin	13
Brain tumor	16
Medulloblastom	8
PNET	3
Other	5
Neuroblastoma	29
Sarcomas	30
Ewing sarcoma	16
Osteosarcoma	6
Rhabdomyosarcomas	8
Wilms’ tumor	4
Hepatoblastoma	6
Germ cell tumor	6
Other	10

PNET: Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; JMML: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia; AML: Acute myeloid leukaemia; ALL: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.