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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of ADDQoL-Teen domain items

From: The development of a new measure of quality of life for young people with diabetes mellitus: the ADDQoL-Teen

No:

Abbreviation

N

% N/A

% 'a'/frequency: Yes, a lot

% 'b'/bother: very much§

Weighted impact: Mean ± SD**

Median [range]

1

others fuss

148

2.6

21.1

9.9

-2.16 ± 2.52

-2 [-9 to 3]

2

sweets

112

25.3

24.7

16.0

-3.24 ± 3.24

-2 [-9 to 0]

3

drink

80

46.4

6.0

5.3

-2.11 ± 2.31

-1 [-9 to 0]

4

eat

117

21.9

16.6

14.7

-2.62 ± 3.09

-1 [-9 to 1]

5

insulin

151

0.7

69.1

14.5

-2.21 ± 3.27

0 [-9 to 3]

6

bleed

142

6.0

15.9

21.2

-2.39 ± 2.70

-1.5 [-9 to 1]

7

*extra things

87

42.8

7.9

-

1.78 ± 2.80

0 [-2 to 9]

8

interrupt do

90

40.0

14.7

20.7

-3.50 ± 3.23

-2 [-9 to 0]

9

finger tests

149

0.7

49.0

19.3

-2.16 ± 3.21

-1 [-9 to 3]

10

control

87

41.3

16.0

5.4

-1.85 ± 2.90

-1 [-9 to 2]

11

moody

125

16.7

19.3

18.4

-2.89 ± 3.04

-2 [-9 to 3]

12

unwell

131

13.2

13.8

24.5

-2.93 ± 2.87

-2 [-9 to 3]

13

*out of fix

85

44.1

11.2

-

1.47 ± 2.78

1 [-3 to 9]

14

sleep away

30

80.3

2.0

4.6

-2.23 ± 2.75

-1 [-9 to 3]

15

wake nights

111

27.0

4.6

18.4

-2.08 ± 2.22

-1 [-9 to 2]

16

lie in bed

77

48.3

16.6

14.7

-3.68 ± 3.41

-2 [-9 to 3]

17

miss events

27

82.2

2.6

5.9

-2.67 ± 3.10

-1 [-9 to 1]

18

low BG

120

20.5

6.6

11.3

-1.71 ± 2.18

-1 [-9 to 3]

19

high BG

130

13.2

9.9

20.7

-2.77 ± 2.77

-2 [-9 to 1]

20

worry future

93

38.2

17.1

13.9

-3.45 ± 3.28

-2 [-9 to 3]

21

career

100

34.9

15.8

20.4

-3.43 ± 3.15

-2 [-9 to 2]

22

different

81

46.1

9.9

12.6

-2.72 ± 2.93

-1 [-9 to 0]

23

not allowed

105

30.9

10.5

20.4

-3.16 ± 2.99

-2 [-9 to 2]

24

family life

89

40.8

9.2

13.2

-2.60 ± 3.11

-1 [-9 to 3]

25

responsibility

93

37.7

11.9

6.7

-1.83 ± 2.85

-1 [-9 to 3]

26

play sport

96

36.8

11.2

8.6

-2.17 ± 2.86

-1 [-9 to 3]

27

go toilet

97

36.2

8.6

11.8

-2.14 ± 2.63

-1 [-9 to 3]

28

social life

135

10.6

25.8

17.9

-2.84 ± 3.28

-1 [-9 to 0]

29

clinic visits

148

2.0

23.0

2.6

-0.30 ± 2.08

0 [-9 to 3]

30

*holidays

43

71.5

2.6

-

2.40 ± 2.83

2 [-1 to 9]

  1. *positive item.
  2. **max possible range negative items [-9 to 3] and positive items [-3 to 9].
  3. valid % of Yesa lot in response to the 'a'/frequency stem.
  4. §valid % of Yesit/they bother/s me very much in response to the 'b'/bother stem.