Table 1 Background characteristics of the 21 children and 25 parents from the 18 families included in the study

Age (in years) and gender of interviewed parents

 Female, n (%)

14 (56%)

 Male, n (%)

11 (44%)

 Age, median (range)

31 (28–42)

Distance from home to hospital in kilometers, median (range)

 All (18 families)

22.5 (8–365)

 Neonatal department (9 families)

18.5 (8–60)

 Pediatric Surgery department (9 families)

280.5 (20–365)

Children´s age at hospital discharge

 Neonatology (n = 12) Gestational age at discharge in weeks, median (range)

35 (34–36)

 Pediatric Surgery (n = 9) Age at discharge in weeks, median (range)

5 (3–162)