Health related quality of life assessment in Pakistani paediatric cancer patients using PedsQLTM 4.0 generic core scale and PedsQL™ cancer module

Table 2 Comparison between the PedsQL generic core scale scores of children with cancer and healthy children

Variables	M	SD	df	T	P
QOL of cancer patients	46.1154	12.93469	54	-10.989	.000
QOL of healthy children	83.1000	12.22871
Physical health summary score
Cancer patient	42.66	14.78	54	-11.09	.000
Healthy children	84.16	13.20
Emotional functioning
Cancer patient	42.02	17.06	54	-6.84	.000
Healthy children	74.28	18.00
Social functioning
Cancer patient	54.42	8.68	54	-9.71	.000
Healthy children	95.66	21.32
Psychosocial health summary score
Cancer patient	32.91	11.18	54	-15.4	.000
Healthy children	82.21	12.16

Table indicates the comparison between cancer patients and healthy children on the PedsQL Generic Core scales. The school functioning scale is not included it was not completed by the patient population and thus cannot be compared with the healthy children’s score.

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