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Table 3 One-way ANOVA comparing chronically ill and healthy children: self and proxy-report

From: Measurement properties of the UK-English version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales

Scale

Self-report

Proxy-report

 

N

Mean (sd)

df

F

N

Mean (sd)

df

F

Total Score

  

4,1393

23.84

  

4,965

41.07

Asthma

99

75.31(16.90) ***

  

74

71.79(17.53)***

  

Diabetes

124

82.46(12.76)

  

103

77.54(12.21) ***

  

Cancer

66

75.68(15.40) ***

  

61

70.96(17.06) ***

  

IBD

76

74.18(14.66) ***

  

67

72.65(17.62) ***

  

Healthy

1033

83.89(11.84)

  

665

84.61(11.19)

  

Physical Health

  

4,1392

41.60

  

4,964

46.87

Asthma

99

76.14(19.10)***

  

75

73.36(20.60) ***

  

Diabetes

124

84.75(13.65)**

  

103

82.97(13.67) ***

  

Cancer

66

78.10(17.64) ***

  

61

75.04(18.79) ***

  

IBD

76

75.08(18.21) ***

  

67

71.54(21.98) ***

  

Healthy

1032

88.51(11.62)

  

665

89.06(12.27)

  

Psychosocial Health

  

4,1393

14.53

  

4,964

28.16

Asthma

99

74.9(17.48) ***

  

74

71.20(17.95) ***

  

Diabetes

124

81.24(13.77)

  

103

74.62(13.27) ***

  

Cancer

66

74.37(15.85) ***

  

61

68.83(17.92) ***

  

IBD

76

73.64(14.35) ***

  

67

73.21(17.43) ***

  

Healthy

1033

81.84(13.21)

  

664

82.21(12.67)

  

Emotional functioning

  

4,1393

9.85

  

4,962

23.24

Asthma

99

70.66(20.06) ***

  

74

67.23(21.20) ***

  

Diabetes

124

78.85(18.28)

  

102

66.01(17.80) ***

  

Cancer

66

73.56(18.39) *

  

61

68.36(18.04) ***

  

IBD

76

68.11(18.90) ***

  

67

67.26(21.41) ***

  

Healthy

1033

78.49(17.94)

  

663

78.28(15.54)

  

Social functioning

  

4,1393

5.89

  

4,964

14.09

Asthma

99

81.76(21.35) ***

  

74

76.96(21.69) ***

  

Diabetes

124

89.15(13.91)

  

103

85.28(15.98)

  

Cancer

66

81.27(18.36) **

  

61

73.28(22.93) ***

  

IBD

76

83.82(16.61)

  

67

82.12(18.09) *

  

Healthy

1033

87.65(16.46)

  

664

86.82(15.42)

  

School functioning

  

4,1386

14.12

  

4,960

26.90

Asthma

99

72.37(19.62) ***

  

74

69.02(22.55) ***

  

Diabetes

124

77.70(17.39)

  

103

72.62(17.64) ***

  

Cancer

63

67.38(20.36) ***

  

58

63.45(21.71) ***

  

IBD

73

69.52(17.28) ***

  

66

70.46(20.95) ***

  

Healthy

1032

78.87(15.89)

  

664

81.52(16.09)

  
  1. * Denotes difference from healthy children at p < 0.05
  2. * *Denotes difference from healthy children at p < 0.01
  3. * **Denotes difference from healthy children at p < 0.001