Table 4 Child Self-Report: Means and Standard Deviations for the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Disease Category.
Total Score | Physical Health | Psychosocial Health | Emotional Functioning | Social Functioning | School Functioning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Asthma | |||||||
Mild Intermittenta | 75 | 81.25 (12.68) | 85.80 (16.81) | 78.99 (14.58) | 75.08 (19.24) | 83.44 (21.60) | 79.67 (20.15) |
Mild Persistentb | 28 | 73.71 (12.51) | 77.95 (16.40) | 71.61 (14.64) | 70.09 (17.04) | 78.12 (19.20) | 67.26 (22.90) |
Moderate to Severe Persistent c | 23 | 59.64 (21.56) | 59.57 (23.50) | 59.76 (23.09) | 49.18 (27.59) | 70.65 (27.28) | 61.93 (32.74) |
Differences | a > c***; b > c** | a > c***; b > c** | a > c***; b > c* | a > c***; b > c** | a > c* | a > b*; a > c** | |
Cancer | |||||||
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemiaa | 109 | 73.25 (16.78) | 74.16 (20.59) | 72.86 (17.12) | 72.57 (22.98) | 76.90 (20.11) | 68.67 (19.88) |
Brain Tumor b | 194 | 71.04 (16.05) | 71.29 (21.05) | 71.02 (16.50) | 72.32 (20.17) | 73.00 (22.57) | 67.84 (19.67) |
Newly Diagnosed On-Treatment¤ | 105 | 68.92 (15.97) | 65.54 (23.14) | 71.04 (15.17) | 68.81 (21.24) | 77.19 (18.29) | 66.22 (19.60) |
Long-Term Survivor Off-Treatment > 12 months§ | 72 | 77.50 (15.30) | 79.95 (18.78) | 76.30 (16.04) | 77.57 (20.31) | 79.36 (19.77) | 71.11 (18.11) |
Differences | § > ¤*** | § > ¤*** | § > ¤* | § > ¤** | _____ | _____ | |
Cardiac | |||||||
Disease Severity Group 1 a | 52 | 82.67 (13.98) | 87.97 (13.46) | 79.82 (16.28) | 76.15 (21.95) | 83.46 (19.24) | 79.31 (16.28) |
Disease Severity Group 2 b | 92 | 76.30 (13.89) | 81.45 (15.30) | 73.56 (14.73) | 72.09 (17.40) | 77.80 (18.22) | 70.82 (19.45) |
Disease Severity Group 3 c | 63 | 76.36 (15.48) | 80.82 (15.66) | 73.92 (18.21) | 72.46 (20.79) | 77.92 (21.80) | 71.43 (21.30) |
Disease Severity Group 4 d | 78 | 75.81 (13.93) | 78.42 (17.69) | 74.41 (15.01) | 74.68 (21.02) | 77.66 (19.03) | 70.96 (18.15) |
Differences | a > d* | a > d** | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | |
Cerebral Palsy | |||||||
Hemiplegiaa | 30 | 73.14 (12.81) | 75.41 (16.97) | 71.78 (13.83) | 72.80 (23.43) | 73.00 (17.40) | 70.56 (17.02) |
Diplegiab | 29 | 68.71 (16.55) | 63.95 (19.66) | 71.17 (17.12) | 72.50 (20.75) | 73.10 (20.76) | 67.93 (24.04) |
Paraplegiac | 11 | 53.86 (12.21) | 45.70 (16.55) | 58.20 (14.42) | 57.73 (16.64) | 60.00 (17.89) | 57.27 (21.84) |
Differences | a > c**; b > c* | a > b*; a > c***;b > c* | a > c* | _____ | _____ | _____ | |
Diabetes | |||||||
Type 1 a | 209 | 81.64 (12.44) | 86.66 (13.21) | 78.90 (14.09) | 73.99 (19.49) | 86.42 (15.81) | 76.59 (16.68) |
Type 2 b | 88 | 77.46 (13.68) | 84.36 (13.62) | 73.75 (15.52) | 68.69 (19.54) | 83.47 (17.29) | 68.97 (20.23) |
Differences | a > b* | _____ | a > b** | a > b* | _____ | a > b** | |
End Stage Renal Disease | |||||||
Transplanta | 39 | 78.94 (14.24) | 80.76 (20.53) | 77.86 (13.46) | 79.04 (18.70) | 82.31 (17.54) | 72.31 (16.13) |
Peritoneal Dialysisb | 15 | 70.70 (16.53) | 72.89 (15.33) | 69.69 (18.66) | 68.75 (22.74) | 73.50 (24.38) | 66.25 (18.28) |
Hemodialysisc | 31 | 69.30 (14.29) | 68.04 (20.74) | 69.95 (13.29) | 73.39 (16.45) | 76.01 (13.46) | 60.48 (21.46) |
Differences | a > c* | a > c* | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | |
Gastrointestinal Conditions | |||||||
Irritable Bowel Syndromea | 119 | 77.90 (12.64) | 80.49 (13.23) | 76.50 (13.81) | 74.93 (17.43) | 84.09 (15.43) | 70.59 (18.70) |
Functional Abdominal Painb | 81 | 79.98 (10.62) | 82.83 (11.29) | 78.46 (12.10) | 75.49 (17.06) | 86.17 (13.28) | 73.70 (15.96) |
Organic Disordersc | 80 | 75.41 (16.01) | 79.21 (16.70) | 73.39 (17.60) | 70.94 (21.93) | 82.81 (18.40) | 66.39 (20.23) |
Differences | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | b > c* | |
Obesity | |||||||
Severely Obesea | 106 | 67.00 (16.30) | 71.00 (18.80) | 64.90 (17.70) | 63.20 (20.10) | 67.50 (25.00) | 64.10 (20.40) |
Obeseb | 63 | 74.00 (14.20) | 77.50 (17.90) | 72.10 (14.10) | 68.60 (18.50) | 72.60 (18.20) | 75.00 (14.50) |
Overweightc | 294 | 79.30 (12.80) | 83.50 (13.00) | 77.00 (14.00) | 72.60 (17.70) | 80.20 (16.60) | 78.30 (15.50) |
Differences | b > a**; c > a***; c > b** | c > b**; c > a***; b > a* | b > a**; c > a***; c > b* | c > a*** | c > a***; c > b** | c > a***; b > a** | |
Psychiatric Disorders | |||||||
Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disordersa | 107 | 72.40 (12.20) | 84.30 (13.20) | 66.00 (14.70) | 61.30 (19.50) | 70.30 (21.40) | 66.40 (16.20) |
Anxiety Disordersb | 57 | 71.30 (12.20) | 78.60 (15.60) | 67.40 (13.60) | 59.00 (17.70) | 74.40 (19.50) | 68.90 (13.90) |
Mood Disorders c | 29 | 69.70 (13.10) | 80.00 (13.30) | 64.20 (15.00) | 55.50 (21.70) | 74.40 (22.00) | 63.90 (16.40) |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders d | 28 | 69.60 (14.00) | 78.50 (14.30) | 64.80 (16.60) | 63.80 (17.40) | 63.10 (23.00) | 67.60 (20.50) |
Differences | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | |
Rheumatology | |||||||
Systemic Lupus Erythematosusa | 29 | 76.95 (14.97) | 76.13 (19.81) | 77.46 (15.69) | 70.65 (23.70) | 89.44 (14.29) | 73.52 (16.63) |
Spondyloarthritisb | 39 | 74.92 (18.41) | 69.24 (25.10) | 77.99 (17.07) | 77.27 (22.24) | 84.87 (19.54) | 72.18 (20.96) |
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritisc | 100 | 73.73 (16.47) | 70.88 (21.52) | 75.18 (16.65) | 73.13 (20.87) | 78.64 (19.61) | 74.27 (19.07) |
Fibromyalgiad | 57 | 55.86 (15.16) | 45.40 (19.86) | 61.44 (16.25) | 53.77 (22.41) | 74.47 (18.21) | 55.74 (20.46) |
Differences | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d*** | b, c > d***; a > d* | a > d** | c > d***; a, b > d** |