Table 2 Comparison of Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) between fathers and mothers of children and adolescents with Pervasive development disorder (PDDs), Mental retardation (MR), Cerebral Palsy (CP) and controls (CG).
Fathers | PDDs (N = 30) | MR (N = 40) | CP (N = 17) | CG (N = 35) | ANOVA | Post-hoc contrasts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | F | p | Â |
Q1 (mean ± SD) |  |  |  |  | 7.28 | 0.000 | CG>PDDs |
Q2 (mean ± SD) | 65.83 ± 19.12 | 72.16 ± 18.06 | 63.24 ± 20.00 | 74.29 ± 22.27 | 1.8 | 0.151 |  |
Physical (mean ± SD) | 65.48 ± 11.11 | 67.37 ± 12.83 | 64.92 ± 17.05 | 72.24 ± 14.80 | 1.77 | 0.156 |  |
Psychological (mean ± SD) | 64.58 ± 16.00 | 71.69 ± 12.41 | 76.47 ± 9.65 | 68.93 ± 14.93 | 3.05 | 0.031 | CP>PDDs |
Relationships (mean ± SD) | 60.00 ± 18.36 | 68.37 ± 16.13 | 72.06 ± 9.29 | 75.24 ± 15.59 | 5.27 | 0.002 | CG>PDDs |
Environment (mean ± SD) | 53.75 ± 12.70 | 55.61 ± 12.46 | 59.01 ± 12.59 | 56.96 ± 17.78 | 0.56 | 0.640 |  |
Mothers | PDDs (N = 39) | MR (N = 49) | CP (N = 27) | CG (N = 42) | F | p | Â |
Q1 (mean ± SD) | 58.33 ± 21.71 | 63.27 ± 20.48 | 60.35 ± 16.53 | 77.98 ± 13.75 | 9.16 | 0.000 | CG>PDDs, MR, CP |
Q2 (mean ± SD) | 55.77 ± 26.57 | 67.35 ± 21.77 | 65.29 ± 19.98 | 71.43 ± 21.08 | 3.47 | 0.018 | CG>PDDs |
Physical (mean ± SD) | 53.94 ± 16.34 | 64.65 ± 15.91 | 60.87 ± 12.99 | 68.45 ± 15.68 | 6.44 | 0.000 | CG>PDDs, MR |
Psychological (mean ± SD) | 57.59 ± 17.41 | 68.79 ± 13.40 | 67.20 ± 15.68 | 64.38 ± 15.40 | 4.17 | 0.007 | MR>PDDs |
Relationships (mean ± SD) | 58.97 ± 23.68 | 69.73 ± 16.47 | 66.97 ± 15.99 | 72.22 ± 18.56 | 3.72 | 0.013 | CG>PDDs |
Environment (mean ± SD) | 48.96 ± 14.84 | 57.14 ± 11.71 | 54.64 ± 12.60 | 54.24 ± 19.00 | 2.24 | 0.086 |  |