Emotional upheaval, the essence of anticipatory grief in mothers of children with life threatening illnesses: a qualitative study

Table 1 The demographic characteristics of the mothers participating in the research

Participant no.	Age (year)	Occupation	Socioeconomic status	Level of education	Child’s age (year)	Child’s illness	Time elapsed since diagnosis (months)
1	28	Housewife	Poor	High school diploma	2	Muscular dystrophy	6
2	36	Housewife	Med	Bachelor’s degree	7	Cancer	30
3	32	Employee	Med	Master’s degree	10.2	Cancer	12
4	29	Employee	Med	Bachelor’s degree	3	Congenital heart defect	16
5	31	University professor	Good	PhD	1.5	Cerebral palsy	8
6	43	University student	Poor	Bachelor’s degree	3	Spinal muscular atrophy	24
7	38	Teacher	Med	Bachelor’s degree	4.5	Chronic kidney failure	13
8	26	Licensed practical nurse	Med	Associate’s degree	8	Brain tumor	36
9	25	Housewife	Poor	High school diploma	4.5	Cancer	10
10	35	Housewife	Poor	Master’s degree	6	Cancer	24
11	36	Self-employed	Good	Bachelor’s degree	6.5	Cystic fibrosis	60
12	42	Self-employed	Poor	High school diploma	9	Metabolic syndrome	9
13	49	Self-employed	Poor	Secondary school	2.5	Spina bifida, Hydrocephalus	30
14	37	Housewife	Med	High school diploma	3.7	Pulmonary agenesis	18
15	42	Employee	Med	Bachelor’s degree	2.8	Congenital heart defect	24
16	35	University student	Med	Master’s degree	5.6	Cancer	16
17	54	Housewife	Poor	High school diploma	16	Cancer	132
18	27	Housewife	Poor	Bachelor’s degree	12	Cancer	12
19	40	Employee	Med	Bachelor’s degree	7.8	Cancer	48

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