The PedsQL™ Present Functioning Visual Analogue Scales: preliminary reliability and validity

Table 1 PedsQL™ Present Functioning Visual Analogue Scales Descriptives (N = 70)

	Ages 5–7 (n = 18)				Ages 8–12 (n = 31)				Ages 13–17 (n = 21)
PedsQL™ Items	Patient Self-Report		Parent Proxy-Report		Patient Self-Report		Parent Proxy-Report		Patient Self-Report		Parent Proxy-Report
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Time 1 Scores
Total Score	25.60	19.04	29.92	18.28	28.17	20.70	38.88	22.10	28.87	19.54	35.99	20.89
Emotional Distress Summary Score	21.60	23.82	23.76	16.90	19.31	19.48	33.77	21.73	20.86	19.67	31.37	21.55
Anxiety VAS	25.00	36.10	23.61	26.83	17.26	22.94	30.48	24.54	25.57	28.02	30.71	29.25
Sadness VAS	22.78	35.45	17.83	24.04	17.58	24.22	38.39	34.67	15.00	17.39	30.48	27.15
Anger VAS	2.22	4.92	7.22	11.40	9.42	16.59	15.23	20.22	6.90	13.82	20.95	24.52
Worry VAS	36.39	41.33	46.39	26.33	32.97	36.52	50.97	29.62	35.95	34.77	43.33	32.07
Fatigue VAS	38.89	41.50	39.17	35.16	54.19	35.59	55.32	33.96	46.90	35.93	44.52	32.94
Pain VAS	28.33	34.13	45.28	34.75	37.58	35.91	42.90	34.27	42.86	30.72	45.95	31.37
Time 2 Scores
Total Score	20.65	22.21	20.62	23.78	23.02	21.58	31.48	21.81	24.56	14.68	29.29	16.15
Emotional Distress Summary Score	17.43	21.02	17.32	22.91	17.84	20.34	25.60	22.73	17.38	16.77	23.10	15.51
Anxiety VAS	13.89	26.04	18.06	28.03	15.78	24.59	23.71	25.92	17.62	22.67	23.47	23.46
Sadness VAS	22.78	33.96	20.83	33.62	14.68	25.91	22.10	28.04	15.00	18.44	19.52	17.60
Anger VAS	3.06	3.89	6.11	10.23	10.32	21.68	20.48	28.59	5.48	6.87	15.71	22.21
Worry VAS	30.00	39.78	24.28	28.03	30.48	34.98	36.13	29.12	31.43	28.95	33.57	27.21
Fatigue VAS	27.78	35.45	26.94	32.36	35.16	32.42	47.58	36.67	42.62	28.18	43.57	25.65
Pain VAS	26.39	37.57	27.50	37.54	31.61	32.54	38.87	32.63	35.24	25.37	39.76	23.21

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