Table 3 Children’s report on family communication and illness-related information
Children, 8–12 years, N = 12 | Teenagers, 13–19 years, N = 11 | |
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Support programmes like this one can feel good or bad. How did you feel about it afterward? | ||
Talking to Mum was … | Easier: 8/12 | Easier: 4/11 |
Unchanged: 4/12 | Unchanged: 7/11 | |
More difficult: 0/12 | More difficult: 0/11 | |
I don’t have a Mum: 0/12 | I don’t have a Mum: 0/11 | |
Talking to Dad was … | Easier: 6/12 | Easier: 2/11 |
Unchanged: 6/12 | Unchanged: 7/11 | |
More difficult: 0/12 | More difficult: 0/11 | |
I don’t have a Dad: 0/12 | I don’t have a Dad: 1/11 | |
Missing: 1/11 | ||
Talking with my sibling(s) was … | Easier: 4/12 | Easier: 2/11 |
Unchanged: 6/12 | Unchanged: 8/11 | |
More difficult: 0/12 | More difficult: 0/11 | |
I don’t have a sibling: 1/12 | I don’t have a sibling: 1/11 | |
Missing: 1/12 | ||
My knowledge about my parent’s illness was … | Better: 8/12 | Better: 5/11 |
Unchanged: 4/12 | Unchanged: 6/11 | |
Worse: 0/12 | Worse: 0/11 |