Table 5 Effect of cough episodes on both sleep and school activities
From: Acute cough in Italian children: parents’ beliefs, approach to treatment, and the family impact
Sleep | School activities | Nursery/school absenteeism | Home caring | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | 3.31% | 12.91% | < 7 days | 62.73% | Parent(s) | 69.60% |
Sometimes | 63.91% | 59.27% | 7–15 days | 28.36% | Grandparents | 29.12% |
Often | 25.83% | 22.85% | 16–30 days | 3.64% | Othera | 1.28% |
Always | 6.95% | 4.47% | > 30 days | 4.55% | ||
Don’t know/prefer not to answer | – | 0.50% | No kindergarten/school | 0.73% | ||