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Table 1 Patient self-reported and parent proxy-reported health-related quality of life scores on the PedsQL TM

From: An observational study of patient versus parental perceptions of health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with a chronic pain condition: who should the clinician believe?

Scale

Total sample (N=97)

8-12 year olds (N=37)

13-18 year olds (N=60)

 

Total Score

    

Patient

Mean (SD)

54.4 (20.2)

58.3 (20.4)

51.8 (19.9)

 

Median (IQR)

54.3 (36.9-69.0)

58.7 (45.6-74.2)

53.3 (35.0-64.1)

Parent

Mean (SD)

50.1 (18.6)

53.8 (19.9)

48.2 (17.5)

 

Median (IQR)

46.0 (34.8-63.2)

51.0 (41.0-74.0)

44.0 (33.5-60.0)

  

p=0.083

p=0.17

p=0.33

Physical Health Summary Score

    

Patient

Mean (SD)

44.4 (24.4)

47.3 (25.0)

42.6 (24.1)

Median (IQR)

43.7 (27.1-62.5)

43.7 (34.4-64.0)

40.5 (25.3-60.2)

 

Parent

Mean (SD)

44.5 (23.2)

49.0 (23.0)

41.7 (23.2)

Median (IQR)

42.2 (27.2-63.2)

46.8 (31.2-66.2)

37.5 (21.9-62.5)

 
  

p=0.92

p=0.97

p=0.95

Psychosocial Health Summary Score

    

Patient

Mean (SD)

57.7 (20.2)

60.7 (21.6)

55.8 (19.2)

Median (IQR)

58.3 (44.2-73.3)

61.7 (45.8-77.5)

57.5 (40.0-73.3)

 

Parent

Mean (SD)

52.7 (17.9)

56.2 (20.0)

50.5 (16.3)

Median (IQR)

49.2 (40.0-63.3)

53.3 (42.5-70.0)

48.3 (40.0-59.6)

 
  

p=0.008

p=0.22

p=0.016

  1. SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.