Associated factors | Unstandardised β | Effect size | 95% CI |
Confounders | |||
Age of the child | −1.5 | −0.3 | −2.2 to −0.9 |
Sex of the child (0=female) | 2.2 | 0.1 | −3.4 to 7.8 |
Physical parental factors | |||
Parental pain (VAS, range 0–10) | −0.2 | −0.0 | −1.8 to 1.4 |
Parental fatigue (CIS-8, range 8–56) | −0.1 | −0.0 | −0.5 to 0.3 |
Number of CDC CFS symptoms (0–8) | −0.5 | −0.0 | −2.6 to 1.7 |
Psychosocial parental factors | |||
Parental pain catastrophising (PCS-P, range 0–52) | −0.2 | −0.1 | −0.5 to 0.1 |
Parental distress (DT-P, range 0–10) | −1.3 | −0.2 | −2.7 to 0.2 |
Family empowerment | |||
FES family subscale (1–5) | 5.9 | 0.1 | −2.4 to 14.2 |
FES service system subscale (1–5) | 2.4 | 0.1 | −4.8 to 9.6 |
The PedsQL MFS is scored on a scale from 0 to 100, with a lower score indicating more severe fatigue. Thus, a negative correlation indicates a lower score, indicating more fatigue.
Significant results in bold.
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome; CIS-8, Eight-Item Checklist Individual Strength; DT-P, Distress Thermometer for Parents; FES, Family Empowerment Scale; PCS-P, Pain Catastrophising Scale for Parents; PedsQL MFS, PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale; PedsQL MFS, PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.