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Table 3 Proxy-Report: Means and Standard Deviations for the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Disease Cluster and Comparisons with Healthy Children Scores.

From: Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions: a comparative analysis of 10 disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities utilizing the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales

  Healthya Card.b Diab.c Obesityd GIe ESRDf Asthmag Rheum.h Canceri Psych.j CPk  
Scale Mean (SD) Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Mean (SD) ES Differences
Proxy-Report (n = 9430) (n = 344) (n = 307) (n = 63) (n = 286) (n = 95) (n = 157) (n = 357) (n = 561) (n = 307) (n = 224)  
Total Score 82.70 (15.40) 79.44 (16.50) 0.21 76.62 (14.08) 0.39 75.00 (14.50) 0.50 72.74 (14.75) 0.65 69.62 (18.10) 0.82 68.79 (15.94) 0.90 68.73 (19.32) 0.91 68.47 (19.22) 0.92 66.90 (14.00) 1.03 51.28 (18.00) 2.04 a > c, g, f, j, i, h, k, d, e***; a > b**; c, b, e > j***; c > g, i, h, k***; c > f**; b > g, f, i, h, k***; g, f, j, i, h, d, e > k***; b > e***; e > h*; d > j**
Physical Health 84.48 (19.51) 83.11 (18.73) 0.07 82.02 (17.20) 0.13 76.30 (17.60) 0.42 76.00 (16.96) 0.43 71.21 (24.24) 0.68 72.68 (18.39) 0.60 64.05 (25.01) 1.05 67.55 (25.07) 0.87 80.00 (17.70) 0.23 43.19 (27.59) 2.12 a > j, d**; a > g, f, i, h, k, e***; j > g, f**; j, e > i, h, k***; b, c > g, f, i, h, k***; g > h, k***; f > h*; f, i, h > k***; c > e*; b > e***; d > h, k***; d > i*
Psychosocial Health 81.65 (15.22) 77.36 (17.27) 0.28 73.67 (15.34) 0.52 73.90 (15.30) 0.51 71.00 (15.58) 0.70 68.85 (17.62) 0.84 66.83 (16.68) 0.97 71.27 (18.49) 0.68 69.12 (18.41) 0.82 59.90 (15.30) 1.43 55.91 (16.98) 1.69 a > b, c, g, f, j, i, h, k, e***; a > d**; b, c, g, f, i, h > j***; c > i**; c > g, k***; b > g, f, i, h, k***; g, f, i, h > k***; e > j, k***; b > e***; d > j, k***
Emotional Functioning 81.31 (16.50) 74.69 (20.45) 0.40 69.16 (18.54) 0.74 72.60 (17.80) 0.53 65.19 (19.28) 0.98 68.74 (19.69) 0.76 64.81 (20.21) 1.00 66.52 (22.27) 0.90 67.57 (20.70) 0.83 54.40 (18.70) 1.63 62.73 (19.55) 1.13 a > b, c, g, f, j, i, h, k, d, e***; b, c, g, f, i, h, k, d, e > j***; b > c**; c > k**; b > g***; b > i, h, k***; i > k*; b > e***; d > k**
Social Functioning 83.70 (19.43) 82.52 (20.11) 0.06 81.08 (19.33) 0.13 73.50 (17.30) 0.52 80.30 (18.08) 0.17 73.47 (21.00) 0.53 73.41 (18.66) 0.53 76.47 (20.56) 0.37 72.80 (22.29) 0.56 63.30 (22.90) 1.05 52.09 (21.97) 1.63 a > g, f, j, i, h, k, d***; b, c, g, f, i, h > j***; c > i, k***; c > g**; c > f*; b > g, i, k***; b > f, h**; g, f, i, h, d > k***; j > k***; e > j, i, k***; e > g*; d > j**; b > d**
School Functioning 78.83 (19.59) 73.09 (20.35) 0.29 70.62 (19.37) 0.42 76.60 (17.00) 0.11 67.44 (20.06) 0.58 63.18 (21.39) 0.80 62.36 (20.61) 0.84 70.61 (22.43) 0.42 66.16 (23.33) 0.65 62.40 (18.20) 0.84 51.98 (21.41) 1.37 a > b, c, g, f, j, i, h, k, e***; b, c, h > j***; b, c, g, f, j, i, h, d, e > k***; c > g**; c > f*; b > g, i***; b > f**; h > g***; h > f, i*; b, d > e*; d > g, j***; d > f**
  1. Note: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 based on analysis of variance with Tukey post-hoc tests.
  2. With a Bonferroni correction for the number of comparisons, p < .005 values should be considered statistically significant.
  3. Higher values equal better health-related quality of life. Disease clusters are ordered from left to right by decreasing overall HRQOL.
  4. ES equals effect size.
  5. Effect size represents the magnitude in the difference between the disease cluster and the healthy children sample.
  6. Effect sizes are designated as small (.20), medium (.50), and large (.80).
  7. Diabetes. Card. equals Cardiac. ESRD equals End Stage Renal Disease. Psych. equals Psychiatric Disorders s Rheumatology. CP equals Cerebral Palsy. GI equals Gastrointestinal Conditions.
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