Reliability and validity of the Norwegian child and parent versions of the DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Module (DCGM-37) and Diabetes-Specific Module (DSM-10)

Table 4 Effects of age and HbA1c on total and self reported scores in DISABKIDS.

	Age					HbA1c
	Subscale	Unadjusted effect	p	Adjusted effect ^a *	P	Unadjusted effect	p	Adjusted effect ^a **	p
Total sum- score	HRQOL	-0.94	0.08	-0.94	0.04	-2.49	0.01	-2.40	0.01
Mental	Mental independence	-0.78	0.15	-0.87	0.13	-0.58	0.64	0.62	0.62
	Mental Emotion (Inner strength)	-1.58	0.01	-1.684	0.01	-2.77	0.05	-2.73	0.05
Social	Social inclusion	-0.75	0.11	-0.61	0.21	-2.49	0.02	-2.26	0.03
	Social exclusion (Social equality)	-0.57	0.29	-0.48	0.37	-2.16	0.06	-2.02	0.09
Physical	Physical limitations (Physical Ability)	-0.78	0.09	-0.91	0.05	-3.19	0.001	-3.39	0.001
	Medication/Treatment	-1.27	0.07	-0.97	0.19	-3.77	0.01	-3.37	0.03
Diabetes module	Impact	-1.47	0.03	-1.38	0.04	-4.43	0.002	-4.38	0.002
	Treatment	-3.01	0.001*	-2.84	0.001	-3.44	0.06	-2.54	0.16

^aAdjusted for gender, duration of diabetes and use of insulin pump vs. multi-injections using multiple linear regression analyses
*Effect per year of age, **Effect per % increment of HbA1c.
All subscales are scored from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating higher self-perceived HRQOL.

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