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

Table 9 QoLISSY child self reported scales score: means, standard deviations and differences by degree of short stature

Degree of short stature (SDS height)
	Upper group		Mid group		Lower group		F	df	p
	0 to −1.49 SD		1.5 to −2.49 SD		≤ −2.5 SD
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Physical	86.68	13.34	70.62	23.35	58.02	22.72	31.81	244	<.001
Social	85.45	17.08	68.75	23.12	59.37	20.25	27.34	244	<.001
Emotional	84.65	17.08	68.61	24.44	61.02	22.12	20.95	244	<.001
Coping	53.65	25.19	55.02	23.07	59.99	16.99	1.28	235	.279
Beliefs	76.92	26.48	68.08	29.51	59.08	27.70	6.29	242	.002
Treatment	58.50	18.46	49.96	24.43	54.91	17.88	2.32	134	.102
QoLISSY total score	85.59	13.90	69.33	21.67	59.47	19.60	32.04	244	<.001

M: mean; SD: standard deviation F: F-value; df: degrees of freedom; p: significance level.
QoLISSY total score is sum of Physical, Social and Emotional domains.

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