From: Influence of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on a sample of Egyptian children with Down syndrome
Variables | All cases (N = 135) | Group I (Training) (N = 33) | Group II (No training) (N = 102) | P value |
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Gender (N, %) | ||||
Male | 66 (48.9%) | 24 (72.7%) | 42 (41.2%) | #0.002* |
Female | 69 (51.1%) | 9 (27.3%) | 60 (58.8%) | |
Height Z score (mean ± SD) | − 1.14 ± 1.47 | − 1.28 ± 1.54 | − 1.09 ± 1.45 | ^0.537 |
Weight Z score (mean ± SD) | − 0.28 ± 1.25 | − 0.32 ± 1.13 | − 0.27 ± 1.29 | ^0.856 |
Head circumference Z score (mean ± SD) | − 1.16 ± 1.34 | − 1.20 ± 1.26 | − 1.15 ± 1.36 | ^0.841 |
Care giver’s gender (N, %) | ||||
Mother | 108 (80.0%) | 32 (97.0%) | 76 (74.5%) | #0.005* |
Father/others | 27 (20.0%) | 1 (3.0%) | 26 (25.5%) | |
Care giver’s education (N, %) | ||||
Low education | 68 (50.4%) | 23 (69.7%) | 45 (44.1%) | #0.011* |
Higher education | 67 (49.6%) | 10 (30.3%) | 57 (55.9%) | |
Intellectual disability (Care giver’s opinion) (N, %) | ||||
No | 21 (15.6%) | 1 (3.0%)a | 20 (19.6%)b | #0.003* |
Mild | 67 (49.6%) | 15 (45.5%)a | 52 (51.0%)a | |
Moderate | 34 (25.2%) | 9 (27.3%)a | 25 (24.5%)a | |
Severe | 13 (9.6%) | 8 (24.2%)a | 5 (4.9%)b | |
Comorbidities (N, %) | 50 (37.0%) | 12 (36.4%) | 38 (37.3%) | #0.927 |
COVID-19 (case) (N, %) | 5 (3.7%) | 2 (6.1%) | 3 (2.9%) | §0.596 |
COVID-19 (family) (N, %) | 4 (3.0%) | 2 (6.1%) | 2 (2.0%) | §0.251 |
Sleep disturbances | 32 (23.7%) | 2 (6.1%) | 30 (29.4%) | #0.006* |
Cognitive deterioration (N, %) | 59 (43.7%) | 9 (27.3%) | 50 (49.0%) | #0.029* |
Communication and other abilities deterioration (N, %) | 72 (53.3%) | 11 (33.3%) | 61 (59.8%) | #0.008* |