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Table 3 Psychological State and Parents and Peer Relations in asthma and healthy controls

From: A nationwide study of asthma correlates among adolescents in Saudi Arabia

 

All

Non-Asthmatic

Asthmatic

 

(n = 11,348) %

(n = 10,412) %

(n = 936) %

p-value

Frequentlya felt sad or down for more than 2 weeks (12 months)

1601 (14.4)

1443 (14.1)

158 (17.2)

0.01

Ever sought help for feeling down (12 months)

920 (8.3)

809 (7.9)

111 (12.1)

< 0.001

Having > 1 sibling

1103 (11.8)

997 (11.6)

106 (14.1)

0.04

Perception of relation with father as average

9334 (84.7)

8562 (84.7)

772 (85.2)

0.66

Perception of relation with mother as average

10,329 (93.1)

9487 (93.2)

842 (91.9)

0.15

Frequently feels worried

743 (6.7)

677 (6.6)

66 (7.2)

0.52

Been bullied at least once

3499 (31.5)

3152 (30.9)

347 (37.5)

< 0.001

Was a bully at least once

4081 (36.7)

3671 (36.0)

410 (44.5)

< 0.001

  1. a: most of the times or always