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Table 4 Self-reported levels of stress experienced by parents of children with rotavirus-positive gastroenteritis; mean values and standard deviation on a visual analogue scale where 1 = no stress and 10 = extremely stressed.

From: Impact of community-acquired paediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis on family life: data from the REVEAL study

Study area

Parent

Mean level of stress (standard deviation)

  

Hospital

Emergency department

Primary care

Belgium

Mother

7.44 (1.93)

4.5 (4.95)

6.57 (2.24)

 

Father

6.79 (2.38)

4.5 (4.95)

6.40 (2.72)

France

Mother

8.27 (1.51)

7.10 (2.43)

5.82 (2.38)

 

Father

6.90 (2.09)

6.09 (2.61)

5.09 (2.40)

Germany

Mother

8.53 (1.80)

--a

6.57 (2.29)

 

Father

7.40 (2.85)

--a

5.71 (2.55)

Italy

Mother

7.53 (2.37)

7.71 (2.14)

5.46 (2.61)

 

Father

7.25 (2.46)

6.85 (2.42)

4.83 (2.46)

Spain

Mother

8.99 (1.37)

8.64 (1.45)

7.18 (2.06)

 

Father

8.56 (1.53)

8.31 (1.76)

6.61 (2.33)

Sweden

Mother

6.71 (2.23)

6.52 (2.46)

8.00b

 

Father

5.30 (2.45)

5.77 (2.68)

7.00b

United Kingdom

Mother

8.89 (1.54)

7.44 (2.03)

8.40 (1.35)

 

Father

7.45 (2.68)

6.63 (2.29)

7.75 (1.75)

  1. a In the German study area, all eligible children who presented to the emergency department with acute gastroenteritis during the study were referred to the hospital, so there were no inclusions for the emergency-department setting.
  2. b Only one child with RVGE was included from the primary-care setting in Sweden.