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Table 1 Summary of demographic information of participants (mothers)

From: “…They were just treating her Symptom by Symptom”: maternal experiences of having a child with spinal muscular atrophy in Ghana

Participant

Educational status

Occupation

Age

Religion

Marital status

Type of SMA

Age of Children

P1

Tertiary

Programmes manager

29

Christian

Single

1

8 months

P2

Tertiary

Housewife

33

Christian

Married

1

1 year

P3

SHS

Seamstress

38

Christian

Married

1

1 year

P4

Tertiary

Unemployed

37

Christian

Married

2

1 year

P5

SHS

Entrepreneur

30

Christian

Married

2

2 years

P6

Tertiary

Housewife

37

Muslim

Married

1

2 years

P7

Tertiary

Unemployed

43

Christian

Married

1

9 months