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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participating parents

From: A feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial as a first step towards evaluating the effectiveness of a digital health dashboard in preventive child health care: a mixed methods approach

Parents’ Characteristics

Total group (n=28) Number (%)

Control group: Usual Care (n=13) Number (%)

Intervention group: Usual care and 360°CHILDoc (n=15) Number (%)

Relation to child:

 Mother

27 (96)

13 (100)

14 (93)

 Father

1 ( 4)

 

1 ( 7)

Age:

 18-25 years

1 ( 4)

0

1 ( 6)

 25-35 years

14 (50)

7 (54)

7 (47)

 35-45 years

13 (46)

6 (46)

7 (47)

Number of children:

 1 child

9 (32)

3 (23)

6 (40)

 2 children

18 (64)

9 (69)

9 (60)

 3-4 children

0

0

0

 5 or more children

1 ( 4)

1 ( 8)

0

Educationa:

 Low

5 (18)

2 (15)

3 (20)

 Medium

12 (43)

4 (31)

8 (53)

 High

11 (39)

7 (54)

4 (27)

Birth country:

 Of participating parent: the Netherlands

26 (93)

13 (100)

13 (87)

 other than the Netherlands

2 ( 7)

0

2 (13)

 Of other parent: the Netherlands

24 (86)

11 (85)

13 (87)

 other than the Netherlands

4 (14)

2 (15)

2 (13)

Perceived physical health

 Good

24 (86)

10 (77)

14 (93)

 Mediocre

3 (11)

2 (15)

1 ( 7)

 Poor

1 ( 3)

1 ( 8)

0

Perceived mental health

 Good

27 (96)

13 (100)

14 (93)

 Mediocre

1 ( 4)

0

1 ( 7)

 Poor

0

0

0

NOSIKb(parental stress)

 Below average

9 (53)

4 (50)

5 (56)

 Average

5 (29)

3 (38)

2 (22)

 Above average

2 (11)

1 (12)

1 (11)

 High

1 ( 6)

0

1 (11)

 Missing values: (only applicable for age 2-13)

11

5

6

Rating of CHC (on continuous scale of 0-10)

 (mean, SD)

8.1 (1.0)

8.0 (1.1)

8.1 (0.9)

Children’s characteristics

Gender

 Boy

15 (54)

7 (54)

8 (53)

 Girl

13 (46)

6 (46)

7 (47)

Age

 (mean in years, SD)

 (range of age)

3.9 (3.6) (0.3-2.3)

3.3 (2.7) (0.3-7.6)

4.5 (4.3) (0.3-12.3)

CGAS-scorec

 Functioning (mean, SD)

71.8 (16.7)

72.4 (18.5)

71.2 (15.6)

STEPd

 Functioning (mean, SD)

12.1 ( 5.7)

11.0 (6.1)

13.1 (5.3)

 Quality environment (mean, SD)

8.6 (4.3)

8.5 (4.7)

8.7 (4.0)

 Level of needed care (mean, SD)

7.0 (3.9)

6.3 (4.2)

7.6 (3.7)

Problems (more domains possible)

 Total children with one or more problem(s)

19 (86)

8 (62)

11 (73)

 - Psychosocial

6 (21)

3 (23)

3 (20)

 - Physical

8 (29)

4 (31)

4 (27)

 - Cognitive

6 (21)

2 (15)

4 (27)

 - Family/upbringing

5 (18)

1 ( 8)

4 (27)

 - Youth & Environment

6 (21)

2 (15)

4 (27)

CHC-contacts last 6 months

 1 time

11 (39)

7 (54)

4 (27)

 2-3 times

11 (39)

4 (31)

7 (46)

 > 3 times

6 (22)

2 (15)

4 (27)

 Other caregivers involved

13 (46)

6 (46)

7 (47)

Characteristics CHC*-prof. involved with specific child/parent

Discipline

 Nurse

10 (36)

5 (39)

5 (33)

 Medical Doctor

18 (64)

8 (61)

10 (67)

Target group CHC*

 children age 0-4 year

19 (32)

9 (69)

10 (67)

 children age 4-18 year

9 (68)

4 (31)

5 (33)

  1. *CHC: preventive Child Health Care
  2. aLow education: no education up to and including low vocational training.
  3. Medium education: basic vocational training through middle management/specialist training
  4. Higher education: upper secondary education up to and including doctoral degree at research universities
  5. bNOSIK: Dutch short version of parenting Stress Index; parents’ perspective on an ordinal scale [19]
  6. cCGAS: Children's Global Assessment Scale; professional's rating of child functioning: continuous scale
  7. (from 0 to 100) [20]
  8. dSTEP: Dutch standardised professional's rating on a reversed continuous scale of Functioning (from 30 to 6),
  9. Quality environment (from 25 to 5) and level of needed care (from 5 to 3) [21]
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