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Table 7 QoLISSY child self-reported scales score: means, standard deviations and group differences by diagnosis

From: Assessing the quality of life of health-referred children and adolescents with short stature: development and psychometric testing of the QoLISSY instrument

Diagnosis

 

ISS

GHD

t

df

p

M

SD

M

SD

Physical

69.28

23.82

80.12

19.62

4.07

266

<.001

Social

67.57

23.17

80.77

20.26

4.94

266

<.001

Emotional

68.37

24.75

78.98

21.08

3.66

266

<.001

Coping

55.20

21.47

56.21

23.78

.352

255

.725

Beliefs

63.71

28.56

76.95

26.88

3.81

264

<.001

Treatment

56.36

21.84

54.42

20.70

-.544

150

.587

QoLISSY total score

68.41

21.93

79.96

18.66

4.50

266

<.001

  1. ISS: idiopathic short stature; GHD: growth hormone deficiency;
  2. M: mean; SD, standard deviation; t: t-value; df: degrees of freedom.
  3. QoLISSY total score is sum of Physical, Social and Emotional domains.
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