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Table 2 Mean health-related quality of life scores (TACQoL) for children age 8–11 with MD and healthy children

From: Living with muscular dystrophy: health related quality of life consequences for children and adults

 

Children

  
 

MD

Healthy children

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 
 

N = 18

N = 1094

d

Physical symptoms

26.8 (3.0) *

24.9 (5.1)

-0.4

Motor functioning

20.4 (6.3) ***

29.8 (3.2)

2.9

Autonomy

23.8 (5.8) ***

31.2 (1.9)

3.8

Cognitive functioning

26.5 (4.5)

28.4 (3.9)

0.5

Social functioning

26.7 (4.5) *

29.7 (2.8)

1.1

Positive emotions

11.2 (3.5) *

13.6 (2.5)

1.0

Negative emotions

11.3 (3.0)

11.6 (2.7)

0.1

  1. Higher scores indicate a better quality of life.
  2. d = effect size
  3. One-sample t-test * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001