Effect of hospital discharge plan for children with type 1 diabetes on discharge readiness, discharge education quality, and blood glucose control

Table 2 Comparison of baseline data between the two groups of children and parents

Demographic characteristics	Control group, n (%)	Intervention group, n (%)	χ2 value	P value
Age
Preschool	23 (46)	20 (38)	0.67	0.415
School age	27 (54)	32 (62)
Gender (Female)	30 (60)	28 (54)	0.65	0.419
Parental education
Junior high school and below	28 (56)	35 (68)	2.67	0.102
High school and above	22 (44)	17 (32)
Family income (USD)
< 3077	7 (14)	10 (19)	2.97	0.085
3077-11428	8 (16)	9 (18)
> 11428	35 (70)	33 (63)
Treatment (pump)	13 (26)	11 (22)	1.62	0.416
Days in hospital
< 7 d	37 (74)	35 (68)	2.75	0.11
≥ 7 d	13 (26)	17 (32)

USD: United States dollar.